We love to get audiobooks at the library and a few months ago, we picked up Three Tales of My Father's Dragon, which turned out to be three books in one. We later checked out each of the books, My Father's Dragon, Elmer and the Dragon, and The Dragons of Blueland so we could enjoy the charming stories as well as the fun illustrations. The books are written by Ruth Stiles Gannett and illustrated by Ruth Chrisman Gannett.These are all short chapter books, perfect read alone books for early readers and perfect read-aloud books for ages 3+ (Linus adores the stories).
My Father's Dragon begins when the mother of a young boy throws out an alley cat that he had been feeding. When the cat tells Elmer about the fantastical Wild Island, and a dragon imprisoned there by the ferocious animals, he decides to stow away on a ship and try to save the baby dragon. He succeeds through a series of encounters with the animals -- each time they threaten him, he distracts them by offering some bit of the toiletries he had packed. The lighthearted tone, not to mention Elmer's cleverness in tricking his powerful adversaries, is part of what makes the book such a success. 
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My Father's Dragon begins when the mother of a young boy throws out an alley cat that he had been feeding. When the cat tells Elmer about the fantastical Wild Island, and a dragon imprisoned there by the ferocious animals, he decides to stow away on a ship and try to save the baby dragon. He succeeds through a series of encounters with the animals -- each time they threaten him, he distracts them by offering some bit of the toiletries he had packed. The lighthearted tone, not to mention Elmer's cleverness in tricking his powerful adversaries, is part of what makes the book such a success. 
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