Gannett, Ruth Stiles
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Product Description 2 hours, 23 min.2 cassettesPerformance by Robert Sevra1949 Newbery Honor Book1999 Platinum Audio Award - Oppenheim Toy PortfolioHe
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ar all three magnificent dragon stories in this two-cassette set that begins with Elmer Elevator's trip to rescue an overworked dragon from a jungle island of wild beasts in My Father's Dragon. In Elmer and the Dragon, the friends are forced down in another land as they fly back from Wild Island and meet all the escaped canaries of the world. The final book, The Dragons of Blueland, tells of plans to outwit hunters who are trying to capture the dragon's family. Review "Delightfully logical nonsense, appealing characters and irrepressible humor." -The New York Times From the Inside Flap 2 hours, 23 min.2 cassettesPerformance by Robert Sevra1949 Newbery Honor Book1999 Platinum Audio Award - Oppenheim Toy PortfolioHear all three magnificent dragon stories in this two-cassette set that begins with Elmer Elevator's trip to rescue an overworked dragon from a jungle island of wild beasts in My Father's Dragon. In Elmer and the Dragon, the friends are forced down in another land as they fly back from Wild Island and meet all the escaped canaries of the world. The final book, The Dragons of Blueland, tells of plans to outwit hunters who are trying to capture the dragon's family. From the Back Cover "Delightfully logical nonsense, appealing characters and irrepressible humor." -The New York Times About the Author Ruth Stiles Gannett's first book My Father's Dragon was written just a few years after her graduation from Vassar College in 1944. She was married to the late artist and art historian Peter Kahn with whom she has seven daughters. She lives in an old farmhouse near Ithaca, New York.
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