When a prince asks a princess who is very bored to go on a ride to round up dragons, the princess readily agrees. On their journey they meet a very strange dragon who is very different from what they expected. He acts like a dragon, but he has unusual talents and requests. The prince and the princess do conquer him, but in ways that surprise the reader. (Primary grades)

Billy Bob, The Royal Dragon, lives in a castle with his friend Princess Betty Lou Sue. Billy Bob is a very different dragon who wants to go to school to learn to read. The Princess and her friend Prince Arthur Jim Ray help Billy Bob get to school where he meets a bully. He deals with this problem in a most unusual way.

Silfa, a young fairy, finds herself trapped in a different time zone and in a locale she does not remember. Somehow, she has traveled into the future. How can she hide from harm when Willie, a young, sad boy troubled with family problems, actually sees her? They strike a friendship which helps them both grow in understanding of their world. Silfa, who has a delightful wit, possesses all the beautiful qualities of a "good fairy." Though she has troubles of her own, even to being attacked by a monster she had somehow conjured up from her past, she tries to help Willie. Nadler has captured the...