New Releases by Ruth Chrisman Gannett

2026 Hardcover Reprint of 1948 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. My Father's Dragon 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 Elmer and the Dragon and The Dragons of Blueland. 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.

As aventuras de Aderbal e seu amigo dragão são contadas nos livros O dragão do meu pai, Aderbal e o dragão e Os dragões de Terra Azul. Cada volume traz um mapa para o leitor acompanhar os caminhos seguidos pelos dois amigos. Primeiro, Aderbal viajou sozinho até uma ilha distante, para libertar um filhote de dragão, prisioneiro de um bando de animais selvagens. Depois, enfrentou mares e tempestades em sua volta para casa. Finalmente, atravessou de novo o oceano para impedir que a última família de dragões na face da Terra caísse nas mãos de um bando de caçadores... E tudo isso quando tinha apenas nove anos de idade!

A young boy decides to rescue a baby dragon that is being used by a group of lazy wild animals to ferry them across the river on Wild Island.

Elmer must come once again to the aid of his flying baby dragon when men discover its retreat and begin to hunt it.

Als het draakje Boris en het jongetje Elmo terugkeren van een gezamenlijk avontuur zijn de laatste draken door boze mannen meegenomen. Samen proberen ze de draken weer te verlossen. Vanaf ca. 5 jaar.

Relates the adventures of a country doll made of an apple-wood twig with a hickory nut for a head.