The Dragon of Mith by Kate Walker

The Dragon of Mith is an Australian kids book by Kate Walker. It’s the story of a vegetarian dragon, a ridiculous number of dragon-slayers, a community of hermits and a blood-thirsty butcher (amongst others). I have vague memories of the author visiting my school when I was in year 2 and I loved this story when I read it in year 6. It’s still very enjoyable to read as an adult and would be great to read out loud too. It’s out-of-print now but can be bought fairly affordably secondhand as well as being available very cheaply as an ebook (ePub).