Ruth Stiles Gannett was born in 1923 and wrote her first novel at age 25. “My Father’s Dragon” was a 1948 Newberry Honor Book and went on to be an ALA notable Book. Her other titles include The Wonderful House-Boat-Train and Katie and the Sad Noise. The granddaughter of Unitarian minister and reformer Ezra Stiles Gannett, she is married to artist and calligrapher Peter Kahn and lives in upstate New York, near Cornell University. For more information, visit myfathersdragon.org.
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Ruth Stiles Gannett: My Father’s Dragon
When Elmer Elevator tells a stray cat about his dream of being able to fly, he learns of a captive dragon on Wild Island. The dragon has been forced by the jungle residents to serve as their shuttle …
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Ruth Stiles Gannett: My Father’s Dragon
’A real delight.’ — The New Yorker When 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 …
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Ruth Stiles Gannett: My Father’s Dragon (Illustrated by Ruth Chrisman Gannett)
On Wild Island a group of lazy animals had captured a baby dragon and put him to work. This little dragon could fly, so they used him to ferry them across the river. He didn’t like it. So went the ta …
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Ruth Stiles Gannett: My Father’s Dragon
In “My Father’s Dragon” a young boy runs away with an alley cat to a faraway Island to rescue a baby dragon. Armed with two dozen pink lollipops, rubber bands, chewing gum, and a fine-toothed comb, E …
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Ruth Stiles Gannett: My Father’s Dragon
My Father’s Dragon is a wonderful children’s story by Ruth Stiles Gannett about a boy who befriends a cat and then sets off on an adventure to Wild Island to rescue a dragon. …
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Ruth Stiles Gannett: My Father’s Dragon
Elmer Elevator (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 …
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Ruth Stiles Gannett: My Father’s Dragon
One cold rainy day when my father was a little boy, he met an old alley cat on his street. The cat was very drippy and uncomfortable so my father said, ’Wouldn’t you like to come home with me?’ This …
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Ruth Stiles Gannett: My Father’s Dragon
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 …
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Ruth Stiles Gannett: My Father’s Dragon
In ’My Father’s Dragon’ a young boy runs away with an alley cat to a faraway Island to rescue a baby dragon. Armed with two dozen pink lollipops, rubber bands, chewing gum, and a fine-toothed comb, E …
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Ruth Stiles Gannett: My Father’s Dragon
Elmer Elevator (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 b …
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€0.99
Ruth Stiles Gannett: My Father’s Dragon
On Wild Island a group of lazy animals had captured a baby dragon and put him to work. This little dragon could fly, so they used him to ferry them across the river. He didn’t like it. So went the ta …
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Ruth Stiles Gannett: My Father’s Dragon – Unabridged
Ruth Stiles Gannett’s beloved tale of adventure and exploration, ’My Father’s Dragon’ takes the reader on a trip to Wild Island, where the narrator’s intrepid young father must navigate a maze of exo …
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A.A. Milne & Ruth Stiles Gannett: Children’s Favorites – Volume I – Winnie-the-Pooh – My Father’s Dragon – The Story of Doctor Dolittle
Presented here are three of the most popular children’s books of all time: A.A. Milne’s ’Winnie-the-Pooh, ’ Ruth Stiles Gannett’s ’My Father’s Dragon’ and Hugh Lofting’s ’The Story of Doctor Dol …
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Ruth Stiles Gannett: My Father’s Dragon
Enjoy this special printing of the classic – My Father’s Dragon – Augmented Reality Enabled Version. See the characters from the story pop up and discuss important points in each part of the book. Th …
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Ruth Stiles Gannett: Three Tales of My Father’s Dragon
The much-loved inspiration behind the Netflix film featuring the voices of Whoopi Goldberg, Jacob Tremblay and Gaten Matarazzo When Elmer Elevator hears about the baby dragon being held captive on Wi …
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Ruth Stiles Gannett: Elmer and the Dragon
Book two in the My Father's Dragon trilogy After his exciting adventures on Wild Island, Elmer is ready to go home. Luckily his new friend the baby dragon offers to fly him there. But when a sto …
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Ruth Stiles Gannett: My Father’s Dragon
A NEWBERY HONOR BOOK When a little boy Elmer 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. Elm …
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Ruth Stiles Gannett: The Dragons of Blueland
Book three in the My Father's Dragon trilogy Elmer is safe and sound at home in Evergreen Park while Boris is heading to Blueland, where he'll reunite with his family. There's just one …
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