Dragonology
Dragonology is a young adult book series about dragons, written in a non-fictional style. The series contains information on dragons, including information about how to befriend and protect them as well as an alphabet of the dragon language, ancient runes, and replica samples of Dragon Scales. The series later expanded to include figures and models, a strategic board game, card game, and a video game for the Nintendo DS. Books in the series are credited to fictional authors such as Dr Ernest Drake, a member of the Secret and Ancient Society of Dragonologists, and the author of the series' first book, Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons.
The series first launched in 2003 the United States and Canada by Candlewick Press and in the United Kingdom by Templar Publishing. The publishers would eventually publish books with similar themes on the topics of wizardry, Egyptology, pirates, and monsters.
In 2012 Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman announced that they intended to produce a film adaptation of the books.
Products
The products are published in the United States and Canada by Candlewick Press and in the United Kingdom by Templar Publishing. The releases in the series include:
Books
- Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons (2003) by Dr. Ernest Drake, editor Dugald Steer, illustrators Helen Ward, Wayne Anderson, Nghiem Ta, Chris Forsey, A. J. Wood, and Douglas Carrel, ISBN 1-84011-503-3
- The Dragonology Handbook: A Practical Course in Dragons by Dr. Ernest Drake, editor Dugald Steer, ISBN 1-84011-523-8
- The Dragonology Chronicles: The Dragon's Eye by Dugald Steer, ISBN 1-84011-533-5
- Dragonology Pocket Adventures Collection:
- The Northern Frost Dragon
- The Dragon Dance
- The Winged Serpent
- Dragonology: Bringing Up Baby Dragons
- The Complete Works of Dragonology
- Dragonology: The Frost Dragon
- Dragonology: Field Guide to Dragons
- Drake's Comprehensive Compendium of Dragonology (2009) by Dr. Ernest Drake, editor Dugald Steer, illustrators Nghiem Ta, J.P. Lambert, A. J. Wood, Douglas Carrel, Tomislav Tomic, Nick Harris, Wayne Anderson, and Helen Ward
- The Field Guide to Dragonology
Book-sets
- Dragonology: Obscure Spells and Charms of Dragon Origin
- Dragonology: Tracking and Taming Dragons
- Dragonology: Field Guide to Dragons
- Dragonology: Code Writing Kit
- Dragonology: Drake's Comprehensive Compendium of Dragonology
Dragon pocket adventures
Sets, Games, and Toys
- Dragonology: The Game
- Dragonology: Hatch (cards)
- Series 1 Dragon Toys
- Series 2 Dragon Toys
- Miniature Dragon Toys
- Dragonology: Dragon 'Build your own' models
- Dragonology: The Complete Book Of Dragons
- Dragonology (Nintendo DS, 2010)