Additional Learning Resources for our Novel Study Guide for the Dragon Masters Rise of the Earth Dragons by Tracey West with the Build Your Masterpiece Class Adventures in England

Tracey West has some great coloring pages available for you to use on her website, and we love to color them while I read the books out loud, along with our Novel Study Guide’s Lesson Plans coloring pages for each chapter. Author Spotlight Coming Soon!

Additional Books to read about England, Castles and Dragons:

Katie in London by James Mayhew

Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges

George and Dragon by Chris Wormell

Castle by David Macaulay

Listen to the Read-aloud of this book here:

The Knight and the Dragon by Tomie dePaola

What Were Castles For by Usborne Children's Books

In the Castle by Anna Melbourne

The Very Last Castle by Travis Jonker

Our List of fun Recipes inspired by Worm, the Earth Dragon

  1. For Book 1: The Earth Dragon: Green Dragon Healthy Smoothie | Kid Stir

  2. Dragon Cookies - for direction to our No-Chill Sugar Cookie Recipe, check out this post here.

  3. Make Dragon Eggs: Krispy Easter Eggs | A Pioneer Woman

Make 4 Dragon Inspired Art Projects

All 4 of these projects are from Ellen at Create in the Chaos, who is a wonderful papercraft maker, and she also blogs about her amazing printables. Visit her Etsy shop, where you can buy more of her creations! You and your kids will have a blast making these simple to make at-home dragon crafts while reading the book series "Dragon Masters" by Tracey West.

  1. Paper Bag Dragon Puppet | Create in the Chaos

  2. Dragon Marionette Puppet | Create in the Chaos

  3. Cardboard Tube Dragon | Create in the Chaos

  4. Flying Dragon Paper Airplane | Create in the Chaos

Learn More About The Castles of Britain

My friend Becca Brewster is a lovely artist and creates the most beautiful watercolor illustrations and learning resources for families. Visit her Etsy Shop, where you can buy more of her creations! The ones included below are my absolute favourites, that will be perfect to pair with our Dragon Masters Novel Study Guide for Book 1, Rise of the Earth Dragons by Tracey West.

  1. Set of 12 British Castle Flashcards | Fiddlesticks Eduction

  2. Dress a Knight, Medieval Knight, Parts of a Suit of Amour, Printable Activity | Fiddlesticks Education

  3. London’s Landmarks Flashcards | Fiddlesticks Education

Basic Play-dough Recipe

This recipe calls for cooking your play dough on the stove top.

  • 1 cup of flour

  • 1/2 cup of salt

  • 2 TBSP of Cream of Tarter

  • 1 TBSP of Veg Oil

  • 1 Cup of Water

  • For each Dragon's Colors, see below for coloring directions

Mix your dry ingredients together on the pan. Mix your water with the food coloring and then add in your veg oil.

Add your wet ingredients to your dry, on the hot pan, mixing until the dough cooks and starts to combine.

Worm the Earth Dragon's Play-dough Recipe

Batch #1: Add 1 tbsp of Cocoa Powder for one batch of Brown Play-dough

Batch #2: Add Yellow Gel Food Coloring for one batch of yellow play-dough