After reading the reviews, I'm really surprised that this little series –from the ever-popular Dav Pilkey– isn't mentioned more often. These books get rave reviews from Amazon and GoodReads reviewers.
Find the five books in the series below. Hover over the links to see star ratings from Amazon. GoodReads review ratings updated August 2013.
Friend For Dragon GoodReads – 4.11 Stars from 206 reviewers
A lonely little dragon ventures into the world looking for a friend. He thinks he finds one when a sneaky little snake makes an apple 'talk'. But the jokes on Snake because Dragon finds the apple an excellent listener.
Word Count: 940
Page Count: 48
Accelerated Reading level: 2.7 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 53485
Lexile: 280L
- Publisher: Scholastic
- ISBN-10: 0531070549
- sample pages available
Dragon Gets ByGoodReads – 4.14 Stars from 146 reviewers
Dragon has a Amelia-Bedelia kind of day. He reads an egg, fries his morning paper, and generally gets things goomey-wommered.
Word Count: 614
Page Count: 48
Accelerated Reading level: 2.6 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 19846
- Publisher: Scholastic
- ISBN-10: 0531070816
- sample pages available
Dragon's Merry Christmas GoodReads – 4.06 Stars from 123 reviewers
Sweet Dragon begins preparing for Christmas but runs into some problems. For one thing, he can't bring himself to cut down a tree for his home. The books high point is where Dragon selfishly gives away his gifts to those that are needier.
Word Count: 659
Page Count: 48
Accelerated Reading level: 3.2 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 53065
Lexile: 410L
- Publisher: Orchard
- ISBN-10: 0439548489
- sample pages available
Dragon's Fat Cat **STARRED** Review BookList
GoodReads – 4.26 Stars from 190 reviewers
Dragon adopts a stray cat and learns by trial and error how to care for it.
Word Count: 912
Page Count: 48
Accelerated Reading level: 2.8 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 19845
Lexile: 450L
- Publisher: Orchard
- ISBN-10: 0531070689
- sample pages available
Dragon's Halloween GoodReads – 4.08 Stars from 166 reviewers
Three short stories in this volume. In "Six Small Pumpkins" Dragon gets to the pumpkin patches and all the BIG ones are gone. Others include, "The Costume Party" and "The Deep Dark Woods."
Word Count: 902
Page Count: 48
Accelerated Reading level: 3.1 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 59504
Lexile: 420L
- Publisher: Scholastic
- ISBN-10: 0439548470
- sample pages available
