Hail
A book I find worthy of mention . I have just finished reading this one dragonkeeper (first of the trilogy) by Carole Wilkinson. I was specifically looking for books of this genre to read to my kids and this fits the bill nicely. Yeah we still sit down of a night time and read out loud.
For those in the same boat I recommend it.
http://www.bdb.com.au/dragonkeeper/