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My Father’s Dragon

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Author(s):Ruth Stiles Gannett
Illustrator(s):Ruth Chrisman Gannett
Publisher(s): Random House, Inc.
Year Published: 1948
Type: Hardcover
Softcover
Genre: Adventure
American
Boys Growing Up
Cats
Fantasy - American
Age Range: Ages 5-7: Early Reader Books
Pages: 87
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
ISBN-10: 0394890485
ISBN-13: 9780394890487
OCLC: 179208
Award(s):
Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1949
Newbery Honor Book
Junior Literary Guild - 1948

Description

When an alley cat he befriends tells Elmer Elevator about the captive baby dragon on Wild Island, he determines to go to the island and set him free.

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Other Editions

Elmer and the Dragon (1950)

On their way home from Wild Island, Elmer Elevator and the baby dragon stop off at Feather Island where they meet the escaped canaries and search for treasure.

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Publisher: Random House
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The Dragons of Blueland (1951)

When Elmer Elevator’s dragon friend Boris and his family are in danger, he is off to Blueland to help them escape their captors.

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Publisher: Random House
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Three Tales of My Father’s Dragon (1998)

A boxed set containing My Father’s Dragon, Elmer and the Dragon, and The Dragons of Blueland.

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Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
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