Publication Date: 1948
Reading Level: Lexile Measure 990L, Scholastic Guided Reading Level N
Interest Level: Grades 3-5
Major Awards: 1948 ALA Notable Book for Children * 1949 Newbery Honor Book
Number of Pages: 80 pages
Approximate Word Count: 24,400 words -- The average reader will spend 1 hours and 37 minutes reading My Father's Dragon at 250 words per minute.*
Audible Book Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins for the Trilogy
Book Themes: Adventure, Fullfilling Dreams, Rescue
Genre: Fairy Tale, Fiction, Adventure, Books for Boys, Fantasy, Animals, Dragons, First book of a Trilogy
Setting: Fictional Island
Important Quote:
As my father and the dragon passed over the Ocean Rocks they heard a tiny excited voice scream, ‘Bum cack Bum cack! We dreed our nagon! I mean, we need our dragon!’
First Line: It was an afternoon in late September.
Point of View: First Person told from the child of Elmer Elevator who tells the story of his or her father
Public Domain Online Edition
*Estimate from Reading Length
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