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Get ready for 10 awesome dragon stories! Who isn’t fascinated by these mythical creatures?!? My son loves dragons and is always in the mood for a good dragon book. Check your library for our favorites:

1.Attack of the Underwear Dragon by Scott Rothman & Pete Oswald–

This is one of my son’s favorite books ever! It combines dragons, underwear, and a kid knight, so what’s not to love! Based in the times of King Arthur’s Round Table, a young boy becomes a knight apprentice. He learns a lot of seemingly useless stuff. One day the terrible Underwear Dragon attacks and defeats all of the knights! Now it is up to the boy to put everything he’s learned to good use and save the day!

2.How to Catch a Dragon by Adam Wallace–

Preschoolers love Adam Wallace’s “How to Catch a …” series! They have bold, bright pictures, rhyming text, and are infused with humor. In this Chinese New Year themed story, the kids are out to catch a dragon. They’ve got their traps ready, but the dragon keeps outsmarting them! Preschools will giggle at the kids’ foiled attempts to catch a dragon.

3.Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin —

Who doesn’t love tacos?!? Tacos are amazing. The dragons in this book agree 🙂 A kid invites a bunch of dragons over to his for a party. Sounds pretty fun. But he forgot that salsa and dragons don’t mix — too much spice and flames ignite. Yikes! Follow up this funny book with its sequel, Dragon Love Tacos 2: the sequel.

4.The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch —

In this girl-power story, a dragon busts into a castle, sets the princess’s clothes on fire, and kidnaps her fiancé. Wearing nothing but a paper bag, the princess sets out to save her fiancé. This princess is so cool; she outsmarts the dragon and saves the day. Turns out the prince isn’t worth saving and the princess realizes that she is better off without him.

5.There’s a Dragon in Your Book by Tom Fletcher —

Tom Fletcher makes funny, interactive books that preschoolers just love! Just look at this cute little dragon — adorable!!! Oh no, it has flames. In a book! Quick, help keep your book safe 🙂 Preschoolers will enjoy all of the activities the book tells them to do in order to keep the dragon from sneezing flames.

6.Dear Dragon: a pen pal tale by Josh Funk —

In this sweet friendship story, George (a human) and Blaise (a dragon) are pen pals. They form an awesome friendship through their letters. Told in a rhyming format that preschoolers enjoy, these two friends finally meet face to face and learn that you don’t have to look alike to be friends.

7.Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library by Julie Gassman —

As a librarian, I am partial to this one in the “Do Not Take Your Dragon” series — honestly, they are all fantastic! Told in a rhyming format, a boy pleads with his librarian to let his dragon come into the library to enjoy all of the cool stuff libraries offer! Preschoolers love to call out “No, do not let the dragon come in! It will set the books on fire!” as I read this one at storytime. Also check out 2 of my other favorites in this series: Do Not Bring Your Dragon to Dinner and Do Not Bring Your Dragon to Recess.

Duncan the Story Dragon -- dragon stories for preschoolers — Duncan the Story Dragon

8.Duncan the Story Dragon by Amanda Driscoll —

Duncan is an adorable little dragon who loves to read! The only problem is that when his imagination catches fire so does his breath and all of his books burn up. Duncan comes up with a great plan — get a friend to read to him! He goes in search of a reader, but none of the animals he encounters want to read to him. Will he ever to get to hear the end of the story? A friendly mouse, who also loves books, agrees to read to Duncan and the two new friends set off on all sorts of great book adventures together! Kids will be laughing at the humor instilled in the illustrations and will love Duncan’s imagination.

9. The Knight and the Dragon by Tomie de Paola —

In this funny story, an inexperienced knight and dragon are supposed to fight each other because, well, that’s what knights and dragons are supposed to do. Neither one knows quite what to do. The knights goes to the library (yay!) to learn about fighting dragons. The princess is the librarian 🙂 The dragon searches through his family heirlooms to learn about fighting knights. In the end, they decide not to fight each other after all. They come up with a much better idea instead– read this one to find out what they do!

10.Don’t Wake the Dragon by Bianca Schulze —

This interactive bedtime book is so much fun! My son loves when he gets to be part of the story. In this book, the reader has to help keep the dragon asleep. Of course, the castle happens to be really noisy! Gently rock the book back and forth and sing a lullaby so that the dragon goes back to sleep. Hopefully your little one will be ready to fall asleep too!

So I debated about including It Came in the Mail in this dragon stories post because there is a dragon in it. However, the dragon is not a main character so I left in off the list. It’s a fantastic book and one that my son really enjoys, so I encourage to you check it out. I gave it it’s own post with a craft to go along with the book: https://imaginationsrunningwild.com/2021/07/19/a-magic-mailbox-a-dragon-and-tons-of-fun/

I hope you and your preschooler enjoy these dragon stories! I’ve joined Amazon’s Affiliate program to try and help cover the costs of this site. If you buy a book through one of my links, then I get a small percentage of the sale. Thank you for your support! Happy Reading 🙂

Dragon “I Spy” Challenge

Count how many of each picture you see in this Dragon I Spy worksheet. Write the number in the box next to each picture.

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A story about a magic mailbox, a dragon, and tons of fun!

It Came in the Mail…

Wow, it is so much fun to get cards and gifts in the mail — no matter our age. It’s always a treat to get something in the mail that’s not a bill!

Kids love that element of surprise that comes from receiving an unexpected letter or package in the mail. In this story by Ben Clanton, the little boy desperately wants to get something in the mail. He checks the mailbox constantly! Unfortunately the mailbox is always empty. The little boy comes up with a brilliant idea to send a letter in hopes, he will get something in return. Not knowing who to write to, he writes a letter to his mailbox. Turns out this is a magic mailbox and this mailbox responds to the little boy and gives him a dragon. How cool is that!?!

The little boy writes more letters and gets more stuff. Seems pretty great, right? But soon he is overwhelmed by gifts from the mailbox. Yikes! Time for a new plan. The little boy realizes that other kids want to get mail too, so he asks his mailbox to help him send some of these gifts to other kids. Soon kids all over the world are receiving gifts through the mail and the little boy comes to the realization that it is fun to give, as well as receive.

My son and I really enjoy this book! We can relate to the excitement of getting something fun in the mail. The pictures are humorous and my son loves to pour over all of the detail in the illustrations.

Check your library for In the Mail by Ben Clanton. You can also purchase it through Amazon. If you do happen to purchase an item through one of my links, then I get a small percentage of the sale to help cover the costs of this site. Thank you for your support. Happy Reading 🙂

NO-SEW ENVELOPES

My son loves to reenact his favorite books through play. I decided to make felt envelopes that we could use for play. He has a blast with these envelopes. My son loves to put little toys in the envelopes and “deliver” them to me. He is really imaginative and likes to pretend to be a mail carrier. We also leave notes and pictures for each other, and I occasionally will stick a new dollar-bin toy for him in one of his felt envelopes.

I had some leftover red felt, so we turned it into 2 no-sew envelopes. Wanting my son to be able to help make them, we used fabric glue to hold our envelopes together.

To make them, I picked a paper envelope that I had at home and measured it. Remember to the double the length of the rectangle, because you have to fold the felt when you make the craft.

Then I cut one long piece of felt, the size of my envelope.

I folded the bottom portion of the felt up to make the envelope shape. My 4 year-old added the fabric glue along the 2 sides. We used chip-clips to hold the sides of the felt together while the glue was drying.

The flap just falls over on its own, so I didn’t do anything extra to it. For our purposes, we don’t care that the flap doesn’t stay shut. However, you could add a button or Velcro if you want it to stay closed.

More Dragons!

–Check out my Dragon Book recommendations post. There are 10 awesome dragon stories to chose from — hopefully your library will have them.

–Count how many dragons you see in this Dragon I Spy challenge!

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10 Dragon Stories for Preschoolers