Ruth Stiles Gannett wrote
My Fatherxe2x80x99s Dragon just a few years after her graduation 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 America in the more than 70 years since their publication. The authorxe2x80x99s other books include
Katie and the Sad Noise and
The Wonderful House-Boat-Train. She was married to the artist and calligrapher Peter Kahn, before his death in 1997. She has seven daughters and eight grandchildren. Visit her online at myfathersdragon.org
Book three in the My Father's Dragon trilogyElmer is safe and sound at home in Evergreen Park while Boris is heading to Blueland, where he'll reunite with his family. There's just one problem: hunters have trapped Boris' family and plan to capture and sell them to zoos all over the...
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