Publisher Description
Master storyteller Jim Weiss brings Ruth Gannett's Newbery Honor-winning classic to rollicking life in this unabridged audio adaptation. Young Elmer Elevator must use all his resourcefulness and cleverness (along with a little bit of chewing gum) to survive a journey to the mysterious Wild Island, where he aims to rescue an enslaved dragon. Jim Weiss's endless variety of voices depict the crocodiles, warthogs, tigers, warthogs, and other colorful creatures whom Elmer meets along the way.
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About Ruth Stiles Gannett
Ruth Stiles Gannett wrote My Father’s Dragon just a few years
after her graduation from Vassar College in 1944. It was an immediate success,
becoming a Newbery Honor Book, and was soon followed by two sequels, Elmer and the Dragon and The Dragons of Blueland. All three
dragon stories have been continuously in print since their publication. The
author’s other books include Katie and
the Sad Noise and The Wonderful
House-Boat-Train. She is married to the artist and calligrapher Peter Kahn.
They have seven daughters and seven grandchildren.
About Jim Weiss
Jim Weiss’ storytelling recordings have received the highest awards from the Parents’ Choice Foundation, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio, and the American Library Association and have been widely praised in major publications across North America and internationally. He is the winner of eight AudioFile Earphones Awards.