Dragon · Book 1

Dragon Gets By

Published
1 January 1991
Pages
48
ISBN-13
9780613100748
Type
novel
Cover of Dragon Gets By

About this book

Dragon Gets By, published in 1991 at 48 pages, is one of three Dragon books Dav Pilkey released that year, alongside A Friend for Dragon and Dragon's Merry Christmas.

Key facts about Dragon Gets By

Dav Pilkey wrote Dragon Gets By, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1991. The book has 48 pages.

We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780613100748 to find the main one.

Dragon Gets By is book 1 of 5 in the Dragon series. The series has 5 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.

Additionally, Dav Pilkey writes Big Dog and Little Dog, Captain Underpants and Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot, plus 2 more series. Those series sit on our humor and graphic novel shelves. Meanwhile, Dog Man: A Sprinkle in Time is the latest published Dav Pilkey book on file, from 3 November 2026.

About Dav Pilkey

Dav Pilkey is an American author and illustrator best known for creating Captain Underpants, an irreverent, wildly popular children's graphic-novel series about two fourth-graders who hypnotize their principal into believing he is a superhero in his underwear. See every Dav Pilkey book in order.

Its place in Dragon

Dragon Gets By is book 1 in the Dragon series. It is followed by A Friend for Dragon. See the full Dragon reading order.

Years before Captain Underpants, Dav Pilkey's Dragon was his first recurring character: a gentle, accident-prone blue dragon living alone in a small house, whose five early picture books each follow him through one ordinary mishap-turned-misadventure -- taking in a stray cat he has no idea how to care for, bungling his own chores, throwing a Halloween party that goes sideways, hosting Christmas. Pilkey wrote and painted the series with watercolors bought from a local grocery store, and the resulting look -- soft…

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