num_pages: 77
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: Classics, Adventure, Fantasy, Chapter Books, Childrens, Juvenile, Middle Grade, Animals, Fiction, Dragons
ratings_count: 38552
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: Scholastic Inc