My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett

This made my father very sad, and he apologized to the cat because his mother had been so rude. When Elmer Elevator hears about the plight of an overworked and under-appreciated flying baby dragon, he packs his knapsack with supplies and stows away on. Once you start feeding stray alley cats you might as well expect to feed every stray in town, and I am not going to do it!' Elmer Elevator, she said to my father, 'if you think I'm going to give that cat a saucer of milk, you're very wrong. She hated cats, particularly ugly old alley cats. My father and the cat became good friends but my father's mother was very upset about the cat. We have a very nice furnace to sit by, said my father, and I'm sure my mother has an extra saucer of milk. When a little boy Elmer strikes up a friendship with an alley cat, he learns of a baby dragon that is being forced to serve as a ferry for the selfish. The National Education Association named the it one of its 'Teachers Top 100 Books for Children. It was also nominated for the Ambassador Book Award. It is both a Newbery Honor Book and an ALA Notable Book. Ruth Stiles Gannett 4.

This surprised the cat-she had never before met anyone who cared about old alley cats-but she said, I'd be very much obliged if I could sit by a warm furnace, and perhaps have a saucer of milk. My Fathers Dragon is a childrens book about a young boy who runs away to Wild Island to rescue a baby Dragon.

The cat was very drippy and uncomfortable so my father said, Wouldn't you like to come home with me? One cold rainy day when my father was a little boy, he met an old alley cat on his street. Raphael Publishing Companyįront Cover Artwork and Graphics by Paul Stroili,īiography of Ruth Stiles Gannett CHAPTER ONE - MY FATHER MEETS THE CAT Raphael Publishing CompanyĮdited by Kevin Theis, Ft. Cover-image, My Father's Dragon MY FATHER'S DRAGON Story by RUTH STILES GANNETT Illustrations by RUTH CHRISMAN GANNETTĬopyright © 2022 by Ft.

My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett