My Father's Dragon

<p>2018 Reprint of 1948 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition not reproduced with Optical Recognition software.  <em>My Father's Dragon</em> is a children's novel about a young boy Elmer Elevator who runs away to Wild Island to rescue a baby dragon. Both a Newbery Honor Book and an ALA Notable Book it is the first book of a trilogy whose other titles are <em>Elmer and the Dragon</em> and The <em>Dragons of Blueland</em>.  The young boy runs away from home to rescue an abused baby dragon held captive to serve as a free twenty-four hour seven-days-a-week ferry for the lazy wild animals living on Wild Island.In 2012 it was ranked number 49 among all-time children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal.  The story was written by Ruth Stiles Gannett and illustrated by her stepmother Ruth Chrisman Gannett.</p>