Ruth Chrisman Gannett

My Father's Dragon--a favorite of young readers since the 1940s and a Newbery honor book--captures the nonsensical logic of childhood in an amusingly deadpan fashion. The story begins when Elmer Elevator (the narrator's father as a boy) runs away with an old alley cat to rescue a flying baby dragon being exploited on a faraway island. With the help of two dozen pink lollipops, rubber bands, chewing gum, and a fine-toothed comb, Elmer disarms the fiercest...

On their way home, Elmer and a flying dragon land on an unusual island and help some canaries uncover a buried treasure. Sequel to "My Father's Dragon."

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

A 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. ¿Quién le negaría un platito de leche a un viejo gato callejero? Elmer Elemento desde luego no, aunque en su casa piensen de otra manera. Claro que este libro se publicó por primera vez en plena posguerra, en 1948, cuando no sobraban ni la leche ni la corrección...