The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 15 books · 2009 to 2016

Ursula Vernon

Children’sMiddle-grade fantasyFunny booksGraphic novels

Ursula Vernon writes and draws funny books for children. Dragonbreath follows Danny, a small dragon who cannot breathe fire yet, and his worried iguana friend Wendell; Hamster Princess turns fairy tales upside down; Digger, her award-winning comic, follows a wombat lost underground.

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Ursula Vernon books in order

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Dragonbreath

11 books · Set in invented worldsFunny booksGraphic novels
  1. 1Dragonbreath2009With Danny DragonbreathBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Attack of the Ninja Frogs2010With Danny DragonbreathBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Curse of the Were-Wiener2010With Danny DragonbreathBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Lair of the Bat Monster2011With Danny DragonbreathBuy on Amazon
  5. 5No Such Thing as Ghosts2011With Danny DragonbreathBuy on Amazon
  6. 6Revenge of the Horned Bunnies2012With Danny DragonbreathBuy on Amazon
  7. 7When Fairies Go Bad2012With Danny DragonbreathBuy on Amazon
  8. 8Nightmare of the Iguana2013With Danny DragonbreathBuy on Amazon
  9. 9The Case of the Toxic Mutants2013With Danny DragonbreathBuy on Amazon
  10. 10Knight-napped!2014With Danny DragonbreathBuy on Amazon
  11. 11Party Crashers2015With Danny DragonbreathBuy on Amazon

Hamster Princess

3 books · Set in invented worldsFunny booksMiddle-grade fantasy
  1. 1Harriet the Invincible2015With Harriet HamsterboneBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Of Mice and Magic2016With Harriet HamsterboneBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Ratpunzel2016With Harriet HamsterboneBuy on Amazon

Digger

1 book · Set in invented worldsGraphic novelsMiddle-grade fantasy
  1. 1Digger2013With DiggerBuy on Amazon

Characters

6 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Dragonbreath

Hamster Princess

Digger