书名：My Father’s Dragon我爸爸的小飞龙

难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数970L
读者对象：8-12岁
作者：Ruth Stiles Gannett鲁思·斯泰尔斯·甘尼特
出版社名称：Yearling
出版时间：2005
语种：英文
商品尺寸：13.2 x 0.6 x 19.4 cm
包装：平装
页数：96

My Father’s Dragon《我爸爸的小飞龙》一出版就赢得了孩子们的喜爱，陆续夺得了一系列大奖：纽伯瑞儿童文学奖、美国图书馆协会童书奖，并获得英语联盟大使图书奖提名。在随后的几十年中，“小飞龙”系列不断再版，并被翻译成其他语言传遍全世界，早已成为世界儿童文学殿堂中的经典作品。

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精彩书评：
“让人捧腹大笑的荒诞情节、引人入胜的人物形象，以及妙思如泉的幽默语言跃然纸上。” ——《纽约时报》

“思想深刻，语言幽默，让人满意。” ——《图书馆杂志》

“这是一本让人开心的书——文字、装帧、有趣的黑白插图，讲述了一个小男孩从野兽横行的小岛上解救受虐待的小飞龙的故事。” ——《纽约客》

The Newbery Honor-winning classic about a daring dragon rescue!
AN ALA NOTABLE BOOK
A COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS TEXT EXEMPLAR IN APPENDIX B
“A real delight.”  —The New Yorker

My Father’s Dragon《我爸爸的小飞龙》：小飞龙有一条漂亮的长尾巴，长着黄蓝相间的条纹、鲜红的独角、眼睛和脚掌，再配上一对金翅膀，超炫！谁知第1次离家旅行，就从一片低飞的云彩上摔下来，竟沦为野蛮岛动物们的过河工具，倒霉！

虽然“我爸爸”埃尔默还是个小男孩，但他决心救出可怜的小飞龙。他偷偷登上了野蛮岛，很快就遭到凶猛动物的围追堵截，他能救出小飞龙？
When Elmer Elevator hears about the baby dragon being held captive on Wild Island, he knows just what to do. First, he packs his knapsack with important supplies, like chewing gum, lollipops, and lots of rubberbands. Then he stows away on a ship headed for theisland. Along the way, Elmer meets many exotic animals. Each tries to sidetrack him, but Elmer has sometricks up his sleeve... or more precisely, in his knapsack. One way or another, he will rescue the dragon!

鲁思·斯泰尔斯·甘尼特，生于1923年，1944年毕业于美国名校瓦瑟学院，获得化学学士学位，之后开始创作《我爸爸的小飞龙》，1948年出版后获得巨大成功，斩获当年的美国图书馆协会童书奖和次年的纽伯瑞儿童文学奖，随后又创作了《阿默和小飞龙》《小飞龙的家》。其他作品有《凯蒂和伤心的响声》《神奇的船屋火车》等。

Ruth Stiles GannettwroteMy Father’s Dragonjust 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 DragonandThe 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 includeKatie and the Sad NoiseandThe Wonderful House-Boat-Train. She is married to the artist and calligrapher Peter Kahn. They have seven daughters and seven grandchildren.

One cold rainy day when my father was a little boy, he met an old alley cat on his street. The cat was very drippy and uncomfortable so my father said, “Wouldn’t you like to come home with me?”

This surprised the cat—she had never before met anyone who cared about old alley cats—but she said, “I’d be very much obliged if I could sit by a warm furnace, and perhaps have a saucer of milk.”
“We have a very nice furnace to sit by,” said my father, “and I’m sure my mother has an extra saucer of milk.”
My father and the cat became good friends but my father’s mother was very upset about the cat. She hated cats, particularly ugly old alley cats. “Elmer Elevator,” she said to my father, “if you think I’m going to give that cat a saucer of milk, you’re very wrong. Once you start feeding stray alley cats you might as well expect to feed every stray in town, and I am not going to do it!”
This made my father very sad, and he apologized to the cat because his mother had been so rude. He told the cat to stay anyway, and that somehow he would bring her a saucer of milk each day. My father fed the cat for three weeks, but one day his mother found the cat’s saucer in the cellar and she was extremely angry. She whipped my father and threw the cat out the door, but later on my father sneaked out and found the cat. Together they went for a walk in the park and tried to think of nice things to talk about. My father said, “When I grow up I’m going to have an airplane. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to fly just anywhere you might think of!”
“Would you like to fly very, very much?” asked the cat.
“I certainly would. I’d do anything if I could fly.”