My Father's Dragon

By Ruth Gannett


Lexile: 990
Subjects: Adventure, Fantasy, Animals, Dragons


In My Father's Dragon , a young boy tells about the adventures his father (Elmer Elevator) had as he tried to rescue a baby dragon. This is a great book for young readers who are getting used to reading chapter books; it only has 86 pages and lots of black & white illustrations, but the vocabulary is challenging and the story line is compelling. Plus, there are two additional books in this series: Elmer and the Dragon (Lexile: 800) and The Dragons of Blueland (Lexile: 810). This book was a 1948 Newbery Honor book.

You can even read this book online from the Digital Library at the University of Pennsylvania:
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/gannett/dragon/dragon.html