Synopses & Reviews
2 hours, 23 min.
2 cassettes
Performance by Robert Sevra
1949 Newbery Honor Book
1999 Platinum Audio Award - Oppenheim Toy Portfolio
Hear 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.
Synopsis
Three dragon stories that have delighted children for over 50 years are in this collection, including "My Father's Dragon, Elmer and the Dragon", and "The Dragons of Blueland". Unabridged.
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.