num_pages: 96
description: Elmer Elevator (narrator's father as a boy) runs away with an old alley cat to rescue a flying baby dragon being exploited on a faraway island. With the help of two dozen pink lollipops, rubber bands, chewing gum, and a fine-toothed comb, Elmer disarms the fiercest of beasts on Wild Island.
language: English
title: My Father's Dragon
titlecomplete: My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1)
genres: Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Animals, Childrens, Juvenile, Fantasy, Classics, Dragons, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 38547
series: My Father's Dragon
awards: awardedAt: -662659200000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Book Sense Book of the Year Award
category: Rediscovery, awardedAt: -63129600000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
publisher: Yearling