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    My Father's Dragon

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    Author Ruth Stiles Gannett
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    RH Childrens Books | Random House Books for Young Readers
    6.06"W x 8"H x 0.26"D  
    On sale Nov 12, 1987 | 96 Pages | 9780394890487
    Grades 3-7
    Reading Level: Lexile 1040L | Fountas & Pinnell N
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    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
    Ruth Stiles Gannett wrote My Father's Dragon just a few years after her graduation from Vassar College in 1944. It was an immediate success, becoming 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 in the more than 40 years since their publication. The author’s other books include Katie and the Sad Noise and The Wonderful House-Boat-Train. She is married to the artist and calligrapher Peter Kahn. They have seven daughters and seven grandchildren. Visit her at myfathersdragon.org. View titles by Ruth Stiles Gannett
    • WINNER | 1949
      Newbery Honor Book
    • WINNER | 1949
      Newbery Honor Books
    • WINNER | 1948
      ALA Notable Children's Book
    • HONOR | 1949
      Newbery Honor Book
    • NOMINEE | 1948
      Ambassador Book Award

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    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

    Author

    Ruth Stiles Gannett wrote My Father's Dragon just a few years after her graduation from Vassar College in 1944. It was an immediate success, becoming 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 in the more than 40 years since their publication. The author’s other books include Katie and the Sad Noise and The Wonderful House-Boat-Train. She is married to the artist and calligrapher Peter Kahn. They have seven daughters and seven grandchildren. Visit her at myfathersdragon.org. View titles by Ruth Stiles Gannett

    Awards

    • WINNER | 1949
      Newbery Honor Book
    • WINNER | 1949
      Newbery Honor Books
    • WINNER | 1948
      ALA Notable Children's Book
    • HONOR | 1949
      Newbery Honor Book
    • NOMINEE | 1948
      Ambassador Book Award

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