Three Tales of My Father's Dragon Author: Visit Amazon's Ruth Stiles Gannett Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0679889116 | Format: PDF
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Amazon.com 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) Review
"Delightfully logical nonsense, appealing characters and irrepressible humor." -
The New York Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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- Age Range: 8 - 12 years
- Grade Level: 3 - 7
- Series: My Father's Dragon
- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers; 50 Anv edition (November 25, 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0679889116
- ISBN-13: 978-0679889113
- Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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