"A new perception awoke behind my eyes. I saw things as I never had, viewed things with different eyes. She spoke words without opening her mouth, pacified every troubled thought. She frolicked through me, a playful dragon on a childhood playground, laughing, loving, and crying inside me at the same time. She danced with vapory stencils of my own, mingling water with the scents of candy." In a land of fantasy and wonder, long after she is gone, an old man refuses to let his devotion die for his long lost sweetheart. A story rich in color and philosophy. Vibrant, emotional, and lyrical, The Smoky Dragon is more than just a magical, supernatural love story. It is a lesson in life and love.

Dad is smoking again, and his daughter, Ember, has had enough. 'I think you should try to quit, ' she tells him ... At first Dad says that's the way he likes it. Grown-up dragons always smoke. But he agrees to quir for his family's sake. Will Dad be able to keep his promise?

In a world where dragons rule the skies while people claim the land, the dragon population is dwindling fast, thanks to hunters. Inside the safety of nesting caves, where magic spells keep strangers away, eggs hold dragons who will one day hatch, grow, and make the long journey to Smoking Mountain to join the dragon society. Odessa, a little bronze dragon, grows quickly while practicing his flying skillsuntil the day he unwittingly endangers the rest of the dragons. He is asked to leave immediately and reluctantly heads south. But he becomes lost and decides to return home and hide deep within a nesting cave. As he remains concealed for years, Odessa comes to accept his solitary existence without any idea that the dragons, fearing extinction, have decided to trust people with the fate of their young. Three teens are chosen to accompany the latest hatchlings to Smoking Mountain to protect them from hunters. This sets in motion a chain of events that prompts Odessa to reveal himself and embark on a dangerous quest with a young dragon friend to find fairies who disappeared hundreds of years ago. In this charming fantasy, two dragons must rely on their ingenuity and instincts to find the fairies before the nets come down and change their lives forever.

Dylan the dragon improves his health and learns to appreciate fresh air when he gives up smoking.

Series:Everything is topsy-turvy in Goblin world and Matty, the Goblin Princess, just doesn't fit in! Her mum, the Goblin Queen, is always telling her to un-tidy her room and eat up her slug porridge (yee-uk!). Most of all goblins HATE nice things, including their enemies the sparkly Forest Fairies. book 1:Matty has a problem. Her new pet baby dragon, Smoky, is far too good and her parents, the Goblin King and Queen, are threatening to send him away! But Smoky is her best friend - can she find a way to make him naughty enough to keep? She just might need the Forest Fairies' help...

This is the complete Book 1 When a severely injured soldier returns home from the war, she finds her toughest battle has only just begun. Her son and ex-husband are missing along with all of her savings. Meanwhile, over the last year, a mysterious mining company has been causing tremors that shake the town all day and night and a voice from within her keeps saying, “The hunter is searching for you.” As she looks for her lost family, she must find a way to survive as a civilian and re-create her identity. Then In her darkest hour, a treatment that heals her pain and gives her the ability to fly changes her life forever and she discovers that her wildest dreams are coming true. These events set her on a path that could save their world but will they be saved from the Hunter’s master plan?

The Dragon Keeper series bridges the gap between MTH and Eragon or Harry Potter. It is solidly middle grade, accessible, and adventure-filled. In The Dragon in the Volcano, Dragon Keepers Jesse and Daisy, follow their dragon, Emmy, into the Fiery Realms. Intrigue, danger, and lots of crazy characters make the reading fun, as well as the wonderful relationship between the dragon keeper cousins and their dragon.