My Father's Dragon
by Gannett, Ruth Stiles
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ISBN-10:   0394890485
ISBN-13:   9780394890487
Publisher:   Random House
Series:   Tales of My Father's Dragon Ser.
Volume:   Bk. 1
Edition:   illustrated
Category:   Beginning Readers, Sci Fy / Fantasy
Pub. Date:   November 1987
Pages:   96
Format:   Paperback
Ages:   10-13
Grades:   5 to


Awards
1949  Newbery Medal ()  Nominee/Honoree
2002  Book Sense Book of the Year ()  Winner
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Description/Notes
5.27.14 removed ABB 35 14/15
'A Newbery Honor Book in 1948, this humorous adventure story about a boy who uses his wits to rescue an enslaved baby dragon is . . . reissued in a near facsimile of the first edition, including original full-color jacket and long-lost endpaper maps.'--'Booklist.' ALA Notable Children's Book; Newbery Honor Book; IRA Children's Choice.
Hilarious adventures of Elmer Elevator. Also use: The Dragons of Blueland (1963); Elmer & the Dragon (1987).
A young boy determines to rescue a poor baby dragon who is being used by a group of lazy wild animals to ferry them across the river on Wild Island.
When a stray alley cat tells him about a captive baby dragon, Elmer Elevator decides to run away and rescue it. John Newbery Medal Honor Book, 1949. The sequels are Elmer and the Dragon (1950, 1987) and The Dragons of Blueland (1951, 1987). Recommended.

 

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