The Airdrainium Adventures

Illustrated Middle Grade Fantasy Novels


Book Two Now Available!

The next airdrainium adventure is here!

Book signing at Main Street Books on Saturday, November 9, 2024!
11am - 1pm CT

Short Tales Available Below
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Steamtree - Book One - Anderax Grayvenhorn has spent his whole life traveling to the aircities in his parent’s dirigible, with one dream… to climb a real tree.

Geartree - Book Two - When dragonriders go missing, an iron-bound book leads to an ancient city in the clouds, as a mysterious new enemy darkens the horizon.


Geartree: The Airdrainium Adventures Book Two
A year has passed since a dragon declared Anderax Grayvenhorn, a dragonrider, and Peacecrafter. Yet, they still can’t find any new sources of airdrainium - an ore that lifts cities into the sky.

Now he attends the Highland Dragon Academy and can climb trees every day. However, Anderax isn’t certain he can live up to this new title, or avoid the fear taking hold of everyone’s hearts. When dragonriders go missing, he and his fellow cadets return to the aircities. They discover an iron-bound book that leads them on a quest to an ancient city in the clouds, as a mysterious new helmeted enemy darkens the horizon.

 

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Steamtree, Book One

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Steamtree: The Airdrainium adventures

Anderax Grayvenhorn has spent his whole life traveling to the aircities in his parent’s dirigible, with one dream… to climb a real tree.

When his father, an aircity inspector, is sent to learn why these floating towers are starting to slip through the clouds, Anderax discovers the dark truth of their power source, and is pursued by the soul-stealing Archangels. As tensions rise, he finds the key to saving the aircities and the dragons is not a destiny of war, but to become one of the legendary Peacecrafters.

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Discussion Questions for Steamtree

1 – How do the air-dwellers deal with running out of airdrainium ore? How does that affect the world?

2 – How does Anderax deal with both sides to prevent war?

3 – What are the different personality traits of the cadets and how do they relate to the dragons?

4 – Who is the Nightraven? Why do you think the Nightraven has been sneaking around?

5 – What do you think it would be like to live your whole life in the sky?

6 – Would you like to live in the clouds? Would you rather live in an airship, or on an aircity?

7 – What color dragon would you want to ride? What type of land would make that color?

Discussion Questions for Geartree

1 - What would you do if you had dragon confidence?

2 - What difference did Anderax “Steamtree” discover about the aircities that used airdrainium instead of dragon mana?

3 - Do you have a favorite library? Have you ever found a cool book in the library?

4 - Do you have a favorite type of tree?

5 - Have you ever doubted yourself? Wouldn’t it be great to have a dragon with you? How can you believe in yourself like a dragon would?

6 - Would you like to live in the trees like the Sherwood Dragon Academy?

7 - What creature of Greek Myth is Calliope? Would you like to transform like she does?

Bonus question - If you could ride on a bug like Calliope, what type of bug would you choose?

a note - sometimes people are mean and we don’t understand why. If you’re nice to people most of time then you never have to worry about being mean.

 

 

SHORT TALES

Build your own book - then read the story!

 
 

Instructions for making your own book!

  1. Print the Short Tale (as 1 sheet of paper or 2) If printing both sides, the beginning of the story should be on the back of the cover.

  2. Fold the page in half, on the line, and make certain to fold the top down behind the bottom of the page. (If using two pieces of paper make certain to put the two blank sides facing each other before folding.)

  3. Hold cover so it is facing you and upright. Fold in half, fold this page behind the cover.

  4. Staple, stitch, or glue the spine of the book. (not required) Make sure the page numbers are correct before binding the book.

  5. Have an adult cut along the line at the top of the book to free all the pages. (Step 4 can be skipped if the adult slices the paper along the line once folded, but don’t cut all the way to the center. Cutting almost all the way, will free the pages but keep the book together.)

  6. Read the book you made!

Instructions are also on the back page of each Short Tale.


New Short Tales every Friday - 12 Tales in All!

Click the button to download a pdf of the story.

The Test - Free
Anderax (Steamtree) is stressed about his first test at the Highland Dragon Academy and he’s not prepared.

The Squirrel - Free
Anderax (Steamtree) meets a small furry mammal who is not happy about sharing the tree.

Cloud Sitting - Free
Streamtree and IronCloud are flying through the world and rest on a cloud.

Storm Escape - Free | New on 12/20!
Serafina and SapphireSky run into an enemy airship.


Read the first two chapters of Steamtree, with illustrations.