Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherMartino FINE Books
ISBN-101684229235
ISBN-139781684229239
eBay Product ID (ePID)6072099401
Product Key Features
Book TitleMy Father's Dragon
Number of Pages94 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
TopicAnimals / Dragons, Unicorns & Mythical, Fantasy & Magic
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorRuth Stiles Gannett, Ruth Chrisman Gannett
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight11.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
Dewey Edition19
Dewey Decimal[Fic]
Synopsis2026 Hardcover Reprint of 1948 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. My Father's Dragon is a children's novel about a young boy, Elmer Elevator, who runs away to Wild Island to rescue a baby dragon. Both a Newbery Honor Book and an ALA Notable Book, it is the first book of a trilogy whose other titles are Elmer and the Dragon and The Dragons of Blueland. The 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.In 2012 it was ranked number 49 among all-time children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal. The story was written by Ruth Stiles Gannett and illustrated by her stepmother Ruth Chrisman Gannett.