Ruth Stiles Gannett
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Description
Ruth Stiles Gannett Kahn (born August 12, 1923) is an American children's writer best known for My Father's Dragon and its two sequels—collectively sometimes called the My Father's Dragon or the Elmer and the Dragons series or trilogy.
Books
Three Tales of My Father's Dragon
A compilation of three tales which relate the fantastic adventures of Elmer Elevator and a baby flying dragon named Boris.
The dragons of Blueland
Elmer must come once again to the aid of his flying baby dragon when men discover its retreat and begin to hunt it.
Elmer and the dragon
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.
The wonderful house-boat-train
The idea of living in something other than the traditional house has endless appeal for children, and this fulfills all demands. The story tells of a grandfather who was being retired from railroading; of his grandchildren, each of whom had definite ideas about the house in the country. This tells how that incredible house was achieved, and became a house-boat-train. - summary from Kirkus review From the author of My Father’s Dragon series.
My father's dragon
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.
