My Father's Dragon

by Ruth Stiles Gannett · first published 1948

My Father's Dragon is a 1948 children's novel by Ruth Stiles Gannett, with illustrations by her stepmother Ruth Chrisman Gannett. The novel is about a young boy, Elmer, 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. All three were published in a 50-year anniversary edition as Three Tales of My Father's Dragon.

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Genre:

Children's fiction, Speculative fiction

Original language:

English

Reader rating:

★ 4.5 / 5 (8 on Open Library)

Year page:

1948