The Dragons of Blueland (8 page)

About the Author and the Illustrator

RUTH STILES GANNETT
wrote
My Father's Dragon
just a few years after her graduation from Vassar College in 1944. It was an immediate success, becoming a Newbery Honor Book, and was soon followed by two sequels,
Elmer and the Dragon
and
The Dragons of Blueland.
All three dragon stories have been continuously in print in the more than 40 years since their publication. The author's other books include
Katie and the Sad Noise
and
The Wonderful House-Boat-Train.
She is married to the artist and calligrapher Peter Kahn. They have seven daughters and seven grandchildren.

RUTH CHRISMAN GANNETT
was already a well- established illustrator when she began collaboration with her stepdaughter on
My Fathers Dragon
and its sequels. Her pictures for these books are perhaps her most enduring work. Her illustrations may also be seen in the first edition of John Steinbeck's
Tortilla Flat
and in
Miss Hickory
by Carolyn S. Bailey Mrs. Gannett was married to the late Lewis Gannett, daily book critic for the
New York Herald Tribune.
She died in 1979.

THE DRAGONS OF BLUELAND

"...the last of the books about Elmer Elevator and the flying baby dragon.. .concerns Elmer's plan to outwit the hunters who have organized an expedition to capture t he dragon's family. The plan is ingenious and plausible, the fantasy well sustained, and the lithographs by Ruth Chrisman Gannett even more delightful, if possible, than those in
My Fathers Dragon."

—Library Journal
(starred review)

"Delectable, straight-faced nonsense."

—Chicago Tribune

Read all three tales of My Father's Dragon,

available from Random House

MY FATHER'S DRAGON

ELMER AND THE DRAGON

THE DRAGONS OF BLUELAND