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, Elmer makes a successful journey and overcomes the fierce beasts on wild Island. The first of a three part series which includes Elmer and the Dragon and The Dragons of Blueland, it is both a Newbery Honor Book and an ALA Notable Book.

Circa l’autore

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.