num_pages: 96
description: When Elmer Elevator hears about the plight of an overworked and underappreciated baby flying dragon, he stows away on a ship and travels to Wild Island to rescue the dragon.This book has been selected as a Common Core State Standards Text Exemplar (Grades 2-3, Stories) in Appendix B
language: English
title: My Father's Dragon
titlecomplete: My Father's Dragon
genres: Fiction, Animals, Adventure, Juvenile, Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Classics, Childrens, Fantasy, Dragons
ratings_count: 38557
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: Random House Books for Young Readers