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Little Dragon

Animals and Pets

Eyewitness Handbook: Cats: *****
Animal-Speak: *****
The Red Canary: ***+
The Encyclopedia of World Wildlife: ***
Last of the Giants: The Rise and Fall of Earth's Most Dominant Species: YA?: ***
Eyewitness Books: Cat: CH: *****
Animal Magick: ****
The Truth About Animals: ****
The Mini-Atlas of Cats (with James B. Johnson): ****
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?: ****+
ASPCA Cat Care Manual: *****
On Feathered Wings: Birds in Flight: *****
Cyclopedia Anatomicae: ****
Being a Beast: Adventures Across the Species Divide: ***+
Other Minds: Nonfiction, Animals/Philosophy/Science: ****
All Creatures Great and Small; The All Creatures Great and Small series, Book 1: ****+
All Things Bright and Beautiful; The All Creatures Great and Small series, Book 2: ****+
Seabiscuit: An American Legend: ****
The Name of the Cat: ****
Star Cats: A Feline Zodiac: ****
The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy: ****
Good Owners, Great Cats (with Sarah Wilson): *****
How to Draw Animals: ***+
Encyclopedia of Bird Reference Drawings: ***+
Animal Wise: ****+
Cat Breeds of the World: ****
Never Cry Wolf: ****
The Cat Who Couldn't See in the Dark (with Valerie Moolman): ****
Eyewitness Books: Eagle & Birds of Prey: MG?: ****+
This Side of Wild: MG?: ****
Living Wisdom: Animal Spirits: ****
Great Cats (with Dr. Susan Lumpkin, consulting editors): ****
Simon & Schuster's Guide to Cats (editor): **
Cats for Dummies (with Paul D. Pion, DVM, DACVIM): *****
The Enchanted Cat: ***
The King of the Cats: ****
Anatomy of Animals: ****
Eyewitness: Butterfly & Moth: MG?: *****
Draw and Paint: Cats in Action: ****

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Anthropology

Written in Bone: ****
Unbound: ***+
The Age of Wood: ****
The Smart Neanderthal: ****
The Neanderthals Rediscovered (with Michael A. Morse): ***+
The Lost City of the Monkey God: ****
The Lost Tomb: ****+
Last Ape Standing: ****
Paleofantasy: ****

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Art and Creativity

Growing Gills: Nonfiction, Creativity/Self-Help: ****
Drawing & Painting Fantasy Landscapes & Cityscapes: ****
Draw 50 Cats: CH: ***+
Illuminated Manuscripts: ***+
How to Paint and Draw Animals: ***
Dragon Art: ***+
The Fundamentals of Drawing Landscapes: ****
Illustrating Nature: How to Paint and Draw Plants and Animals: ****
Art & Fear (with Ted Orlando): ***+
How to Draw Your Own Story: The Dragon, The Knight, and the Princess: CH: ****
Constructive Anatomy: ****+
The Human Machine: ****
The Art of Amy Brown: ****
Learn to Draw Like the Masters: Dragons; The Learn to Draw Like the Masters series: MG?: ****
The Artist's Way Starter Kit: ****
How to Avoid Making Art (Or Anything Else You Enjoy), illustrations by Elizabeth Cameron: *****
Supplies: A Troubleshooting Guide for Creative Difficulties: ****
Fairies, Gnomes, & Trolls: Create a Fantasy World in Polymer Clay: *****
The Book of the Dragon: ****
Fantasy Creatures in Clay: ****
Drawing & Painting Fantasy Figures: *****
Drawing & Painting Fantasy Worlds: ****
Perspective Drawing Handbook: ****+
Dragons in Watercolor: ****
The Art of Anastasia: ****
The Human Figure in Clay: ****
An Illustrated Guide to Welsh Monsters & Mythical Beasts: ****+
How to Draw Dragons and Other Mythical Creatures: CH: ****
Ed Emberley's Big Green Drawing Book; The Ed Emberley Drawing Book series: CH: *****
Ed Emberley's Big Orange Drawing Book; The Ed Emberley Drawing Book series: CH: *****
Ed Emberley's Big Purple Drawing Book; The Ed Emberley Drawing Book series: CH: *****
Ed Emberley's Drawing Book: Make A World; The Ed Emberley Drawing Book series: CH: *****
Anatomy for Fantasy Artists: ****
Cyclopedia Anatomicae: ****
The Explorer's Guide to Drawing Fantasy Creatures: YA?: ****
Anatomy for the Artist (with Peter Stanyer): ***
How to Draw a Dragon: CH: ****
Making and Using Working Drawings for Realistic Model Animals: ****
Dragons; The CF Sculpture Series: Beyond Projects, Book 1: YA?: ****
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Science Fiction Art Techniques (with Ron Tiner): *****
Creating Textures in Colored Pencil: **
Imaginative Realism: *****
Big Cats - An Artistic Approach: ****
Drawing the Head and Figure: *****
Drawing Scenery: Landscapes and Seascapes: *****
How to Draw Animals: *****
Human Anatomy Made Amazingly Easy: YA?: ****
Manga Mania: How to Draw Japanese Comics: YA?: ***+
Manga Mania: Fantasy Worlds: YA?: ****
The Art of Kubo and the Two Strings: ****
Dynamic Figure Drawing: ****
Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery: ****
ABC of Lettering: ***
Fantasy Art Workshop: ****
Forging Dragons: ****
Myth & Magic: The Art of John Howe: ****
How to Draw and Paint Birds: ****
The Storyteller's Handbook: CH?: *****
The Great Book of Dragon Patterns: *****
Fantasy Art Masters: ****
More Fantasy Art Masters: ***
Tarot for Writers: ***+
How to Draw and Paint Dragons: YA?: ****
Animal Drawing: ****
Dreamscapes: Creating Magical Angel, Faery & Mermaid Worlds in Watercolor: ****
Painting Wildlife Textures Step By Step: *****
Perspective Made Easy: MG?: ****
How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way (with John Buscema): YA?: ****
Big Book of Dragons, Monsters, and Other Mythical Creatures: ****
How to Draw Animals: ***+
The Fantasy Illustrator's Technique Book: ****
Winged Fantasy: ***
The North Light Artist's Guide to Materials and Techniques: *****
Freaks! How to Draw Fantastic Fantasy Creatures: YA?: *****
Thunder Lizards! How to Draw Fantastic Dinosaurs: YA?: ****
The Art of How to Train Your Dragon: ****+
Encyclopedia of Bird Reference Drawings: ***+
The Cat Made Me Buy It! (with Ellen Yanow): ****+
The Black Cat Made Me Buy It! (with Ellen Yanow): ****
The Cat Sold It! (with Ellen Yanow): ****+
How to Draw Dragons Made Easy (general editor); The Made Easy Art series: ***
Fantasy World-Building: ****
Creating Creatures of Fantasy and Imagination: ****
Creating Textures in Pen & Ink with Watercolor: *****
Familiar Faces: ****
Sketching Your Favorite Subjects in Pen & Ink: *****
The Fantasy Art Techniques of Tim Hildebrandt: ****
Dracopedia: A Guide to Drawing the Dragons of the World; The Dracopedia series: *****
Dracopedia: The Bestiary; The Dracopedia series: ****
Dracopedia: The Great Dragons; The Dracopedia series: ****+
Dracopedia Field Guide; The Dracopedia series: ****+
The Art of Lettering with Pen and Brush: ****+
The Big Book of Realistic Drawing Secrets (with Rick Parks): ****
DragonArt: YA?: *****
DragonArt Fantasy Characters: YA?: *****
DragonArt Ultimate Gallery: YA?: *****
Anatomy and Drawing: ****
Scrimshaw? But I Can't Draw!: How to Scrimshaw; The How to Scrimshaw series, Book 1: ****
The War of Art: ****
How to Draw and Paint Fairies: *****
Watercolor Fairies (with Anna Franklin): ****
Paint Radiant Realism with Watercolor, Ink and Colored Pencil: ****
Artist's Photo Reference: Wildlife: ***
The Lord of the Rings: The Art of the Fellowship of the Ring: *****
Every Tool's a Hammer: *****
Fantastic Realms: YA?: ****
A Catland Companion (with Anne Mobbs): ***+
The Technical Pen: *****
Drawing Visual Illusions: YA?: ***+
The Shape of Ideas: An Illustrated Exploration of Creativity: ****
I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf: ****
The Art of the Dragon (with Patrick Wilshire): ****+
Mastering Fantasy Art: YA?: ***+
The Art of How to Train Your Dragon 2: ****+
The Art of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World: *****
Anatomy of Animals: ****
Drawing from Your Imagination: ***+
Figure Drawing Without a Model: *****
The Art and Making of The Expanse: ****+
A Whack on the Side of the Head: ****
Drawing & Painting Fantasy Beasts: ****
The Weatherly Guide to Drawing Animals: ****+
The Art of Michael Whelan: *****
Beyond Science Fiction: ****+
Michael Whelan's Works of Wonder: *****
Animals Real and Imagined: ****+
Draw and Paint: Cats in Action: ****
The Art of The Dragon Prince (with Aaron Ehasz and Justin Richmond, creators): Nonfiction, Art/Media Reference: *****

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Autobiography, Biography, and Memoirs

Never Say You Can't Survive: ****
The Red Canary: ***+
Written in Bone: ****
Sometimes the Magic Works: *****
This is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch: ****
The Girl With No Name (with Vanessa James and Lynne Barrett-Lee): ****
Donkey Heart, Monkey Mind (with Rachel Jackson): ***+
She Persisted, illustrations by Alexandra Boiger: CH: *****
She Persisted Around the World, illustrations by Alexandra Boiger: ****+
The Adventurer's Son: ****
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: ****+
Wicked Women: Notorious, Mischievous, and Wayward Ladies from the Old West: ***
Ruthless River: ***+
The Sword and the Cross: Two Men and an Empire of Sand: ***+
The View from the Cheap Seats: ****
10% Happier: ****
All Creatures Great and Small; The All Creatures Great and Small series, Book 1: ****+
All Things Bright and Beautiful; The All Creatures Great and Small series, Book 2: ****+
Ryan Higa's How to Write Good: YA?: ****
Reflections: ***+
How to Be an Antiracist: *****
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft: ****
West with the Night: ****+
John Ronald's Dragons: The Story of J. R. R. Tolkien: CH: *****
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood: *****
Everything All At Once: ****+
The Lady from the Black Lagoon: ****+
The Cat Who Couldn't See in the Dark (with Valerie Moolman): ****
Pageboy: ****
Guts: MG?: *****
Gone to the Woods: MG?: ****+
This Side of Wild: MG?: ****
What Unites Us (with Elias Kirschner): ****+
The Black Count: ***+
Lost in the Valley of Death: ****
Hallucinations: ***+
Every Tool's a Hammer: *****
AVIATRIX: First Woman Pilot for Hughes Airwest: ****
Letters of a Woman Homesteader: ***+
They Called Us Enemy (with Justin Eisinger and Steven Scott), illustrations by Harmony Becker: *****
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World: ****+

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Business, Employment, and Finance

Love to Write? Turn $6 Into $1,000s Doing What You Love!: **+
In Search of the Fun-Forever Job: ***+
The Myth of Multitasking: ***+
The Truth about Publishing on Kindle: **+
The Motivation Myth (with Jonathan Manske): ***
Make Money from Home: How to Become a Non-Medical Home-Based Transcriptionist: ****
Same as Ever: ****
Write a F*$%ing Book Already: ****
Slap Dash Your Way to Cash: **+
Stash Your Swag - 100+ Secret Hiding Places: **
You Need More Money: ***+
The Laws of Money, The Lessons of Life: ****
Profit from the eBook Revolution: **+
How to Manage Your Money When You Don't Have Any: ****
Making a Living Without a Job: ****

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Computers and Technology

HTML5 & CSS3 for Dummies: ****
A Newbies Guide to Nook HD and HD+: ****

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Cultures and Social Studies

The Encyclopedia of the Ancient Americas (with Fiona Macdonald, Philip Steele, and Michael Stotter): CH?: ***+
Tuareg's Alphabet; The Forgotten Civilizatons of Africa series, Book 5: ***
The Maya: Life, Myth and Art: ***
The Lost City of the Monkey God: Nonfiction, Cultures/History/True Stories: ****
Native American History and Culture: **+
Cities: ****

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Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life

The Ghosts of Evolution: ***+
Dinosaurs Rediscovered: ****+
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: ****+
A SURVIVAL GUIDE: Living with Dinosaurs in the Jurassic Period; The Survival in the Age of Dinosaurs series, Book 1: ***+
How to Build a Dinosaur (with James Gorman): ****
Dinosaurs (editor): ****
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: *****
The Lost City of the Monkey God: ****
The Lost Tomb: ****+
Pterosaurs: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Flying Reptiles: ****

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Essays, Letters, and Speeches

The Salmon of Doubt: *****
Never Say You Can't Survive: ****
Will the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby?: ****
The Best of Lewis Carroll: CH?: ***+
I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie: ****+
The View from the Cheap Seats: ****
Let This Radicalize You (with Miriame Kaba): Nonfiction, Essay/History/Politics: ****
Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror (editor): ***+
Write Good or Die (editor): ****
Guts: MG?: *****
This Side of Wild: MG?: ****
How I Wrote My First Book (with Anne K. Edwards, editors): ***+
What Unites Us (with Elias Kirschner): ****+
The Evolution of the Dragon: ***+
Letters of a Woman Homesteader: ***+

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Ethics, Morality, and Philosophy

Other Minds: Nonfiction, Animals/Philosophy/Science: ****
How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question: ****+

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Fandom and Media Reference

Will the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby?: ****
Young Frankenstein: A Mel Brooks Book: The Story of the Making of the Film (with Rebecca Keegan): ***+
This is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch: ****
The Magical Worlds of The Lord of the Rings: ****
Extreme Science: MG?: ***+
The Art of Anastasia: ****
I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie: ****+
Smaug: Unleashing the Dragon: ****
The Nitpicker's Guide for X-Philes: *****
The View from the Cheap Seats: ****
The Possibility of Life: ****
The Art of Kubo and the Two Strings: ****
Ryan Higa's How to Write Good: YA?: ****
The Sorcerer's Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter (with Elizabeth Kronzek): MG?: ****
Field Guide to the Apocalypse: ****+
The Art of How to Train Your Dragon: ****+
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe - Official Illustrated Movie Companion: ****
The Lady from the Black Lagoon: ****+
The Lord of the Rings: The Art of the Fellowship of the Ring: *****
How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question: ****+
The Enchanted Cat: ***
The Art of How to Train Your Dragon 2: ****+
The Art of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World: *****
The Art and Making of The Expanse: ****+
The Art of The Dragon Prince (with Aaron Ehasz and Justin Richmond, creators): Nonfiction, Art/Media Reference: *****

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