Book of Dragons
Author: first_name: E.
last_name: Nesbit
Language: English
Year: 1901

A dragon who flies out of a magical book; one whose purr quiets a fussy baby; another who eats an entire pack of tame hunting-hippopotomuses:  These eight dragon tales are filled with the imaginative wit of children's author Edith Nesbit.  (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden)