My Father's Dragon - Softcover

Gannett, Ruth Stiles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1514714191 ISBN 13: 9781514714195

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

My Father's Dragon is a children's novel by Ruth Stiles Gannett about a young boy, Elmer Elevator, who runs away to Wild Island to rescue a baby Dragon. The narrative mode is unique in that the narrator refers to the protagonist only as "my father", giving the impression that this is a true story that happened long ago. A favorite of young readers since the 1940s and a Newbery Honor book, My Father’s Dragon is a delightful early chapter book that blends the bizarre with the beautiful, and the dangerous with a quirky sense of humor. It is a wonderful fantasy that will engender only timeless love and appreciation by a new generation of young readers everywhere. With the help of two dozen pink lollipops, rubber bands, chewing gum, and a fine-toothed comb, My Father’s Dragon reveals the valuable qualities of kindness and compassion, courage and perseverance, creativity and astuteness, and most importantly, friendship.

"Delightfully logical nonsense, appealing characters and irrepressible humor." -The New York Times

“One of the best children’s books of all time.” -Anita Silvey, Children's Book-a-Day Almanac, 2012

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Review

My Father's Dragon--a favorite of young readers since the 1940s and a Newbery honor book--captures the nonsensical logic of childhood in an amusingly deadpan fashion. The story begins when Elmer Elevator (the narrator's father as a boy) runs away with an old alley cat to rescue a flying baby dragon being exploited on a faraway island. With the help of two dozen pink lollipops, rubber bands, chewing gum, and a fine-toothed comb, Elmer disarms the fiercest of beasts on Wild Island. The quirky, comical adventure ends with a heroic denouement: the freeing of the dragon. Abundant black-and-white lithographs by Ruth Chrisman Gannett (the author's stepmother) add an evocative, lighthearted mood to an already enchanting story. Author Ruth Stiles Gannett 's stand-alone sequel, Elmer and the Dragon, and her third volume, The Dragons of Blueland both received starred reviews in School Library Journal and are as fresh and original as her first. (Ages 4 to 8)

From the Inside Flap

When Elmer Elevator hears about the plight of an overworked and underappreciated baby flying dragon, he stows away on a ship and travels to Wild Island to rescue the dragon.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1514714191
• ISBN 13: 9781514714195
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 36