Elmer and the Dragon

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Posted on January 21, 2009 by Amy @ Hope Is the Word

My girls and I finished our second chapter book of the month on Monday during our post-lunch read-aloud time. I wanted to share briefly about this book here at Hope Is the Word because this is a great chapter book for preschoolers. Elmer and the Dragon is the sequel to My Father’s Dragon (read my review here). Written by Ruth Stiles Gannett and illustrated by Ruth Chrisman Gannett (a stepdaughter and -mother team), Elmer and the Dragon picks up where My Father’s Dragon leaves off. Elmer Elevator and the baby dragon whom he rescued from Wild Island are making their way back to Elmer’s home when they are forced to detour to Feather Island. On Feather Island, they encounter the canary who first told Elmer about the dragon and Wild Island, and while they are there they help cure the King of the Canaries (King Can XI) who is “dying of curiosity.” This delightful book is full of gentle adventure that is perfect for preschoolers. My girls really got into this story, and Louise even named one of her stuffed animals “Sam XI” after King Can XI. What makes this story an especially good chapter book read-aloud is its brevity and the black-and-white illustrations. I was excited when I found this title at a children’s toy consignment sale. Now I just need to happen upon the third of the trilogy, The Dragons of Blueland.

Filed under: Education, Juvenile Fiction, Picture Books, Read Aloud Thursday | Tagged: fantasy, Preschool |

4 Responses

Carrie, on January 21, 2009 at 8:21 pm said:

Oh! I have My Father’s Dragon but I didn’t realize it was part of a series. Cool! (I still need to read it . . .)

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Saturday Review of Books: January 24, 2009 at Semicolon, on January 26, 2009 at 10:47 pm said:

[…] Washington)70. Deanna (Sunshine)71. Amy @ Hope Is the Word (Charlotte’s Web Audiobook)72. Amy @ Hope Is the Word (Elmer and the Dragon)73. Amy @ Hope Is the Word (Heaven: Your Real Home by Joni Eareckson Tada)74. Belinda (Cry, The […]

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Friday’s Vintage Find::The Dragons of Blueland by Ruth Stiles Gannett « Hope Is the Word, on September 4, 2009 at 5:02 am said:

[…] Juvenile Fiction , Preschool , Vintage Finds Fridays Leave a Comment I mentioned in my review of Elmer and the Dragon that all I needed to do to complete the series with my girls was to happen upon the third book, […]

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The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner « Hope Is the Word, on March 9, 2010 at 5:12 am said:

[…] me a little of the My Father’s Dragon series (read my thoughts on this series here and here and […]

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