Dragon books in Science Books

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"A Newbery Honor Book in 1948, this humorous adventure story about a boy who uses his wits to rescue an enslaved baby dragon is . . . reissued in a near facsimile of the first edition, including original full-color jacket and long-lost endpaper maps."--"Booklist." ALA Notable Children's Book; Newbery Honor Book; IRA Children's Choice.

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As the weather grows wilder and the ice caps melt, Arctic bears starve, dragons awake, the earth goddess Gaia becomes restless, and Alexa, the daughter of best-selling author David Rain, uses her special abilities in an attempt to save the world from the forces of evil.

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Beginning with the classic <i>Dragonriders of Pern</i>, Anne McCaffrey has created a complex, endlessly fascinating world uniting humans and great telepathic dragons. Millions of devoted readers have soared on the glittering wings of Anne&#8217;s imagination, following book by book the evolution of one of science fiction&#8217;s most beloved and honored series. Now, for the first time, Anne has invited another writer to join her in the skies of Pern, a writer with an intimate knowledge of Pern and its history: her son, Todd.<br><br><b>DRAGON&#8217;S KIN<br></b><br>Young Kindan has no expectations other than joining his father in the mines of Camp Natalon, a coal mining settlement struggling to turn a profit far from the great Holds where the presence of dragons and their riders means safety and civilization. Mining is fraught with danger. Fortunately, the camp has a watch-wher, a creature distantly related to dragons and uniquely suited to specialized work in the dark, cold mineshafts. Kindan&#8217;s father is the watch-wher&#8217;s handler, and his son sometimes helps him out. But even that important job promises no opportunity outside the mine.<br><br>Then disaster strikes. In one terrible instant, Kindan loses his family and the camp loses its watch-wher. Fathers are replaced by sons in the mine&#8211;except for Kindan, who is taken in by the camp&#8217;s new Harper. Grieving, Kindan finds a measure of solace in a burgeoning musical talent . . . and in a new friendship with Nuella, a mysterious girl no one seems to know exists. It is Nuella who assists Kindan when he is selected to hatch and train a new watch-wher, a job that forces him to give up his dream of becoming a Harper; and it is Nuella who helps him give new meaning to his life.<br><br>Meanwhile, sparked by the tragedy, long-simmering tensions are dividing the camp. Far below the surface, a group of resentful miners hides a deadly secret. As warring factions threaten to explode, Nuella and Kindan begin to discover unknown talents in the misunderstood watch-wher&#8211;talents that could very well save an entire Hold. During their time teaching the watch-wher, the two learn some things themselves: that even a seemingly impossible dream is never completely out of reach . . . and that light can be found even in darkness.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>

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As a deadly epidemic sweeps across the land of Pern, only Kindan, a young apprentice to the guild of musicians and teachers known as the Harpers, recognizes the imminent peril of the arrival of the dreaded Thread and must come up with a way to stop the illness from spreading and to protect the dragonriders before the Thread returns. Reprint.

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When a mine containing firestone, the mineral that gives the dragons of Pern their ability to breathe fire, explodes, killing the miners trapped there, young Cristov volunteers to take over the dangerous task of retrieving the explosive rock for the dragons, in the sequel to <IT>Dragon's Kin<RO>. Reprint.

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For more than thirty years, Pern has conjured visions of brave men and women mounted upon the backs of dragons. As anyone knows who has been touched by the storytelling magic of Anne McCaffrey, to read of the exotic world of Pern is to inhabit it&#8212;and to experience its extraordinary dragons is to soar aloft with them and share their dazzling adventures.<br><br>Now, <i>A Gift of Dragons</i> brings together three beloved stories and a thrilling new tale of Pern in a single volume illustrated with beautiful artwork by Tom Kidd. In &#8220;The Smallest Dragonboy,&#8221; Keevan is the youngest dragonrider candidate, determined to impress a dragon when the next clutch of eggs hatches. But what transpires will surprise everyone&#8212;Keevan most of all. In &#8220;The Girl Who Heard Dragons,&#8221; a young girl&#8217;s rare ability to communicate with dragons puts her family in danger and will bring her face to face with her greatest fears&#8212;and with her most secret desire. The &#8220;Runner of Pern&#8221; is a girl named Tenna, who follows family tradition by delivering messages&#8212;and who will find her destiny on the mossy traces that runners have used for centuries under the dragon-filled sky. And finally, a very special gift: an exciting new Pern adventure, published here for the first time, fresh from the imagination of Anne McCaffrey.

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A meditative study of the art of gardening draws on the principles of Zen as it provides practical knowledge, garden lore, hands-on techniques, and profound reflections on nature and the human relationship with the natural world. Original. 25,000 first printing.

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When a hot-tempered dragon seizes the local bridge, the people of Berryville are cut off from their supply of beloved strawberries until they can correctly answer three questions related to weight. The grownups of the town are stumped, but one very smart little girl saves the day with some facts she learned in school.

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Against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution, an extraordinary circle of fossilists struggled to make sense of a mysterious, prehistoric world--a world they had to piece together from the fossilized and often fragmentary remains of animals never before seen. In this transporting, seamlessly written book, Christopher McGowan takes us back to a time when geology and paleontology were as young and vibrant as genetic engineering is today. The nineteenth-century pioneers of these new disciplines were an eccentric lot, from different social classes and sexes, with a range of motivations in fossil hunting. These "Dragon Seekers" sought to persuade a populace raised on a literal interpretation of genesis that the ground they walked was once a very frightening and unfamiliar place. A sweeping narrative history, THE DRAGON SEEKERS shows how these remarkable characters forever changed our interpretation of the world and its inhabitants.

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When a hot-tempered dragon seizes the local bridge, the people of Berryville are cut off from their supply of beloved strawberries until they can correctly answer three questions related to weight. The grownups of the town are stumped, but one very smart little girl saves the day with some facts she learned in school.

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Threatened with blackmail while in Fiji, Tessa Carlyle, a location scout for <IT>National Geographic<RO>, is forced to help a man she despises expose a deadly threat that could kill millions of people, while trying to resist the passion that still lingers between them. Original.

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In a sequel to Dragon and Thief, reluctant partners Draycos the poet-warrior and Jack Morgan, his symbiotic host, endeavor to prove Jack's innocence of a crime for which he has been framed while exposing a band of conspirators who would wipe out Draycos's people. Reprint.

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A biography describes the work of the great exploreradventurer, who discovered huge finds of dinosaur bones in Mongolia, pioneered modern paleontology field research, and became the director of the American Museum of Natural History.

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After causing so much damage by chopping down trees and fishing out the oceans, the dragons can't seem to understand why others don't want to hang around with them, but when one brave woodland animal takes the time to explain, the dragons quickly realize the error of their ways and work to improve the earth so that everyone can enjoy it together.