Ruth Stiles Gannett, author portrait

Ruth Stiles Gannett

Ruth Stiles Gannett wrote My Father’s Dragon just a few years after her 1944 graduation from Vassar College. An immediate success, it was named a Newbery Honor Book, and was soon followed by two sequels, Elmer and the Dragon and The Dragons of Blueland. All three dragon stories have been continuously in print since their publication. In 2022, My Father’s Dragon premiered as an animated film on Netflix. Ruth Stiles Gannett died in 2024, at the age of one hundred.
My Father's Dragon 75th Anniversary Edition
Elmer and the Dragon
The Dragons of Blueland
My Father's Dragon
Three Tales of My Father's Dragon

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My Father's Dragon 75th Anniversary Edition
Elmer and the Dragon
The Dragons of Blueland
My Father's Dragon
Three Tales of My Father's Dragon

Newbery 100th Anniversary Celebration

Penguin Random House is celebrating a century of the Newbery Medal! Since 1922, lovers of children’s literature — children and adults alike — anxiously await the announcement of the Newbery Medal for the “most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.” This anniversary commemorates not only a century of captivating books, it celebrates the longevity

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