Happy 85th, Ruth Stiles Gannett! (Newbery Honor Book, 1949..

Not to be confused with the late Ruth Chrisman Gannett, illustrator of
"Miss Hickory," but they still have connections, as you'll see!


WRITINGS:

My Father's Dragon (Junior Literary Guild selection; also see below),
1948, illustrations by Ruth Chrisman Gannett, Knopf, (New York City),
1987.


The Wonderful House-Boat Train, 1949.


Elmer and the Dragon (Junior Literary Guild Selection; also see
below), 1950, illustrations by Ruth Chrisman Gannett, Knopf, 1987.


The Dragons of Blueland (Junior Literary Guild selection; also see
below), 1951, illustrations by Ruth Chrisman Gannett, Knopf, 1987.


Katie and the Sad Noise, 1961.


Three Tales of My Father's Dragon (contains My Father's Dragon, Elmer
and the Dragon, and The Dragons of Blueland), illustrations by Ruth
Chrisman Gannett, Random House (New York City), 1998.

More in a minute.......

Lenona.

She lives in Ithaca, New York.

Oh, and it turns out (I was in a rush) that illustrator Ruth Chrisman
Gannett was her mother! (Surprise, surprise.)

"My Father's Dragon" is scheduled for re-release on October 28. It has
66 reviews at you-know-where.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=ruth%20stiles%20gannett&um=1&i...TF-8&sa
(covers)

From Contemporary Authors Online:

"The Wonderful House-Boat Train is a story about a retired railroad
engineer, Pops Pops, and his four grandchildren, who are all looking
for a home........Katie and the Sad Noise, a beginner's book, is about
a little girl who hears peculiar noises. When she tells her parents,
they become so worried that they talk to Katie's teachers. Suspense
builds, and ends with a Christmas surprise.

"Gannett's trilogy, My Father's Dragon, Elmer and the Dragon, and The
Dragons of Blueland, is a blend of childlike straightforwardness and a
sense of the fantastic. In My Father's Dragon, Gannett demonstrates
her understanding of little boys through the character of Elmer, who
decides to go to Wild Island to free the baby dragon. Elmer and the
Dragon continues his adventure with humor and nonsense as elements of
a child's world. Gannett's attention to detail is indicative of her
understanding of a child's curiosity. She describes food, history, and
the contents of a treasure chest in a lively style. In the final
installment of the trilogy, The Dragons of Blueland, Elmer and the
baby dragon, Boris, set off on their final adventure to rescue Boris's
family from a cave......."

CAREER:

Medical technician, Boston City Hospital; radar research technician,
MIT, Cambridge; Children's Book Council, New York, staff member.


Lenona.