My favorite Books from my childhood Would without a doubt be the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Trilogy from J. R .R Tolkien. Those book's gave me the inspiration to Study Dragon's and what most Consider "Fantasy" Creature's. I grew up Drawing Dragon's and Unicorn's and Griffin's and all sort's of 'Folk". As well as reading about them and Doing diverse research across the Fantasy spectrum. I mean Who's to say at some point Dragon's did Exist with such abroad Stories all ranging from different point's of time and Regions of the world. so if you think about it from a historical and Hypothetical point of View the time of Wizard's Dwarves, Elves, Magick, Dragon's and so forth isn't that much of a Faerie Tale after all......