My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
"My Father's Dragon" by Ruth Stiles Gannett is a children's novel published in 1948. The story follows a young boy named Elmer who runs away to Wild Island on a mission to rescue a baby dragon. Uniquely narrated as if recounting a true story from the past, the protagonist is referred to only as "my father" throughout. This Newbery Honor Book became the first in a beloved trilogy, capturing the imagination of
young readers with its hand-drawn illustrations and adventurous tale of courage and friendship. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Gannett, Ruth Stiles |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Gannett, Ruth Chrisman |
| LoC No. | 48006527 |
| Title | My Father's Dragon |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Father%27s_Dragon |
| Credits |
Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Animals -- Fiction |
| Subject | Dragons -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 30017 |
| Release Date | Sep 18, 2009 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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