A Book Dragon

Author	Sarah A. Hoyt
ISBN	1416520929

I really liked this book. It had a few drawbacks, but it kept me intrigued the whole way through.

One problem, I think, is that for the first half of the book we're dealing with two protagonists who are so isolated and fearful of entanglements with other humans that we get a lot of inner monologue....

Author	David Hair
ISBN	1869507347

What do you do when you meet a tohunga makutu? You run.
When reality dissolves and myths and legends come alive? You run faster.
And when the dead come to life and blood debts have to be paid, will you have the courage to do what must be done?
Matiu Douglas has a bone tiki he stole from a tangi. His...

Author	Andre Norton
ISBN	0886773555

Two of the biggest names in the fantasy field have put together a unique collection of fantastical cat tales for friends of furry felines. Cats work a special magic in these stories from the future, from the past, and from dimensions people never dream of.

Introduction: Speaking of cats--
a...

Author	Pamela Dean
ISBN	0812523628

This is a very peculiar book. The Dubious Hills are a place deliberately set aside from the rest of the fantasy world they are part of by a great spell performed by wizards long ago. There is no traffic to speak of in and out and weird rules govern the workings of the inhabitants' lives. For one, each area of...

Author

Scott Gustafson

This exquisitely illustrated, large format gift book features ten of the most enduring fairy tales of all time. The stories, chosen and edited by the artist, are a balance of 'princess' classics and frolicking adventure tales.

Artist Scott Gustafson spent more than four years creating the...

Author	Jane Yolen
ISBN	0140558918

Young King Arthur, troubled by nightmares, doubts he is the rightful king of England. One rainy night, the wizard Merlin tells Arthur the story of dueling dragons and a fateful clash between good and evil, which reveals the surprising secret of the boy king's true legacy. Li Ming's arresting oil paintings...

Author	Lisa Goldstein
ISBN	0553050907

I can’t remember how I found out about this novel, presumably a list of recommendations somewhere? The combination of surrealists, dreams, time travel, and revolution had obvious appeal and the library didn't have it, so I bought a cheap copy off eBay. Unfortunately I think it had been stored in a...

Author

Jackie French

Australian sheep shearers always have sheep dogs--smart, well-trained dogs with names like Brute, Tiny, and Fang, who bark commands--"Woof! Arf arff arff! Grrrr!"--to round up the sheep for shearing.

But sheep shearer Shaun doesn't have a sheep dog. Instead, he has a sheep-sheep named...

Author

Armand Eisen

If I could only choose a handful of books to share with a wee child, this collection would be on the list. It not only takes care of several different genres, but more importantly, it combines the imaginative artwork that always stay with young minds.



The book is broken into several...

Author	Thornton W. Burgess
ISBN	0486401006

Autumn should have been a season of contentment for the inhabitants of the Green Forest. Food was plentiful and all the young creatures born earlier in the year had been taught how to look out for themselves. It should not have been a sad time, but it was — because of the hunters and their long guns!
Lightfoot...

Author	Jackie French Koller
ISBN	0671867903

Dragonquest! Darek can't wait for his first Dragonquest. Then he can be just like his older brother, Clep, the hero who brought down a Great Blue, the largest and fiercest dragon of all. Darek goes to admire the kill -- and finds a dragonling peeking out of the giant dragon's pouch. Scared but curious,...

Author	Rosalind M. Greenberg
ISBN	0886775116

Each story included in this volume offers a new perspective on the legends of the dragons, the fiercest creatures in the annals of fantasy. Challenges and delights await readers in this all-original collection of imaginative dragon tales tales by such top talents as Alan Dean Foster, Mickey Zucker...

Author	Alan F. Troop
ISBN	0451460618

A Host of Dragons (Dragon Delasangre #4)
by Alan F. Troop


My take:

The final book in the Dragon DelaSangre series is the most exciting with the most on the line. St two years after the previous book, as the title of the book suggests Peter and Chloe have to face a host of dragons...

Author	David Wiesner
ISBN	8426135331

The Loathsome Dragon is a retelling of the traditional English tale, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh, based on an 18th-century ballad and retold by British folklorist Joseph Jacobs.

Although beautifully written, the tale is pretty standard fare: royalty, "fair" characters, magic,...

Author	Thomas Malory
ISBN	0517231360

From the Preface by Alfred W. Pollard:

"There is much repetition in the Morte d'Arthur as Malory left it. How often Sir Breuse sans Pitie played his ugly tricks, or Tristram rescued Palomides, or minor knights met at adventure and emulated their betters, it is not easy to count. I have tried to...

Author	Diane Duane
ISBN	1568650108

Another teen/YA fantasy novel that my kids have enjoyed and asked me to read. As usual, I like to have a sense of what they are reading (to provide guidance and an occasional intervention LOL), so I thought I'd take a look. Its actually quite good, a cut above most teen fantasy fiction, even those I have enjoyed....

Author	W. Michael Gear
ISBN	0886774381

Were the Romanans destined to end the Directorate’s galaxy-spanning rule—or become this empire’s last and best warriors?

Rebellion on Sirius was threatening to become the spark that would set the galaxy ablaze, bringing on the destruction of the Directorate-run empire—a tyranny...

Author	Douglas Wood
ISBN	0763633836

A compelling look at two leaders who held the world's fate in their hands-- and the holiday visit that sealed a friendship and steered the course of World War II.

At the height of World War II, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill held an extraordinary month-long...

Author	Will Shetterly
ISBN	0441481809

City of Luck on the Cat River, cosmopolitan hub of subtle intrigue and wild fortune, capital of art and adventure, caravans and culture, espionage and enchantment.

Come to Liavek.
Emma Bull, Steven Brust, Jane Yolen, Gene Wolfe, and Nancy Kress will guide you through humor, horror, romance,...

Author	Randall Garrett
ISBN	0553259423

This is an omnibus of 3 novels; THE STEEL OF RAITHSKAR, THE GLASS OF DYSKORNIS, and THE BRONZE OF EDDARTA.

One moment he was Ricardo Carillo, an aging language professor from our own world. The next, he found himself in a young, strong body in the exotic desert world of Gandalara.

He was...

Author	Ben Boos
ISBN	0763631485

Be smitten by the sword! An extraordinary young artist brings the history of this noble weapon -- and its skillful masters -- into stunningly sharp relief.

Brave men and women have taken up the sword since ages of old, and a fascination with this formidable weapon grips dedicated followers...

Author	Colin Stimpson
ISBN	0763655635

"Fee-fi-fo-fummy, I'm always counting money!"

Jack and his mom run a little café, but business has dried up and they're nearly broke. So when Jack comes home with only an old can of baked beans in return for their last few pennies, his mother throws it out the window. Overnight it grows into...

Author	Richard A. Knaak
ISBN	0595092098

The origins of the Dragonrealm.

In The Shrouded Realm, The Vraad, a race of master wizards, rule Nimth with little regard even for the laws of nature, twisting their world to their whims. Their carelessness, though, at last forces them into a desperate plan of escape from ravaged Nimth to a mysterious...