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Elmer and the Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
Category: Early Reader
Book two in the My Father's Dragon trilogy
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett; Ruth Chrisman Gannett
Category: Children's | Series: My Father's Dragon Ser.
Armed with two dozen pink lollipops, rubber bands, chewing gum, and a fine-toothed comb, young Elmer runs away with an alley cat to a faraway island. There, he must overcome fierce beasts in order to rescue a baby dragon. The first of a three-part series, which includes Elmer and the Dragon and The Drag ...Show more
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
Category: Junior Fiction
A little boy who has always dreamed of flying stows away on a ship to Wild Island to rescue - and hopefully ride - a captive dragon. Young Elmer outwits hungry tigers, an irate gorilla, cranky crocodiles, and other animals in a charmingly illustrated Newbery honour Book that has delighted generations of ...Show more
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
Category: Early Reader
A boy risks his life to free a flying dragon in this beloved children's classic and Newbery Honor Book. Elmer Elevator has always wanted to fly, and when he takes in an old alley cat out of the rain, he gets his chance. The grateful cat tells him about a flying dragon that lives on the faraway Wild Is ...Show more
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett; Ruth Chrisman Gannett
Category: Children's Fiction
"A real delight." -- The New YorkerWhen Elmer Elevator strikes up a friendship with an alley cat, he learns of a baby dragon that is being forced to serve as a ferry for the selfish animals of Wild Island. Elmer determines at once to free the enslaved dragon, and with a bit of advice from the savvy cat, ...Show more
My Father's Dragon (#1) by Ruth Stiles Gannett
Category: Early Reader | Series: My Father's Dragon
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.This book has been selected as a Common Core State Standards Text Exemplar (Grades 2-3, Stories) in Appendix B
My Father's Dragon (HB) by Ruth Stiles Gannett; Helena Pérez García (Illustrator); Ruth Chrisman Gannett (Illustrator)
Category: Early Reader
For decades, the classic tale of My Father's Dragon has won the hearts of kids and adults worldwide as a Newbery-Honor book, a Netflix film, and even a play. Now, as a picture book form for the first time ever comes the enduring story of Elmer and his beloved dragon, the tangerines, the tigers and the c ...Show more
My Father's Dragon - Three Stories by GANNETT RUTH STILES
Category: Early Reader | Series: My Father's Dragon Ser.
The classic fantasy trilogy of Elmer Elevator and the flying baby dragon hasdelighted children and their parents for generations. Now, on the occasion oftheir fiftieth anniversary, Random House is proud to bring the three timelesstales together in one beautiful commemorative edition, complete with theor ...Show more
The Dragons of Blueland by Ruth Stiles Gannett
Category: Early Reader
Book three in the My Father's Dragon trilogy.