My father's dragon vs The reluctant dragon: Which Should You Read?

My father's dragon Ruth Stiles Gannett · 1948 ★★★★☆ 4.1 61 pages · ≈ 1 h 08 m · Moderate

“Once cold rainy day when my father was a little boy, he met an old alley cat on his street.”

A young boy runs away from home to rescue an abused baby dragon held captive to serve as a free twenty-four hour, seven-days-a-week ferry for the lazy wild animals living on Wild Island.

The reluctant dragon Kenneth Grahame · 1938 ★★★★☆ 4.0 28 pages · ≈ 31 min · Moderate

The boy who finds the dragon in the cave knows it is a kindly, harmless one, but how can he convince the frightened villagers and especially St. George the dragon killer that there is no cause for concern?