My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett

Kids' Reading List: Classics for 6 to 9 Years

Recommended by the American Library Association
Original Content | August 08, 2008

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My Father's Dragon
By Ruth Stiles Gannett; illustrated by Ruth Chrisman Gannett

Young Elmer Elevator journeys to Wild Island and tries to outsmart lions, crocodiles and the other fierce, and sometimes silly, creatures that live there. It's dangerous, but they're holding a baby dragon prisoner, and Elmer will do whatever he can to rescue him.

Random, 1948. ISBN 9780440421214

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