My Father's Dragon-The story begins when Elmer Elevato runs
away with an old alley cat. The cat tells him a story about when he was on Wild
Island ago and witnessed a baby dragon being held captive and is forced to
bring the locals to whatever destination that they please. Elmer decides that he needs to save the dragon
and so he decides to pack all of his belongings and go to the island Tangerina.
With the help of many things, Elmer saves the day by freeing the dragon.
Author
Ruth Styles 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.
Classroom Activities
Activity 1 : One activity would be “animal charades”. During this game
there would be stuffed animals in a pillow case, one child would then take out
the stuffed animal and act it out to the class, the child who guesses the
correct animal gets the point.
Activity 2 :next activity would be “tell me a story” I would have various items in a paper bag and
have students remove an item and create their own story by adding one sentence
for each item that has been removed.
Personal Evaluation
This book like many other fantasy books teaches determination . I enjoy the imagery in the book as well. These book can be used for entertainment and class lessons .
References
Random House Kids. (n.d.). Ruth Stiles Gannett. Retrieved from http://www.randomhousekids.com/authors-illustrators
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