The Ice Dragon is a children's fantasy novelette by George R. R. Martin, originally published in 1980 in the Ace Books anthology Dragons of Light, as illustrated by Alicia Austin.

The story was reworked in 2007 with artwork by Anne Yvonne Gilbert, and again in 2014 with a series of original paintings by Luis Royo.

[3] The novella follows the story of a young girl, Adara, who befriends an ice dragon after the death of her mother.

[4] Despite this, several press releases, book covers and commentaries have claimed that it is set in the same world.

[5] In May 2018, Warner Animation Group acquired the rights to make a feature-length animated film based on the book, with Martin producing and his manager, Vince Geradis, as executive producer.