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My Father''s Dragon is a children''s novel about a young boy, Elmer Elevator, who runs away to Wild Island to rescue a baby dragon. The narrative mode is unusual, in that the narrator refers to the protagonist only as "my father", giving the impression that this is a true story that happened long ago. The novel was made into an anime film titled, Elmer''s Adventure: My Father''s Dragon, alongside a new animated film to be released in 2021 on Netflix. Excerpt: 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."

A young boy decides to rescue a baby dragon that is being used by a group of lazy wild animals to ferry them across the river on Wild Island.

Als het draakje Boris en het jongetje Elmo terugkeren van een gezamenlijk avontuur zijn de laatste draken door boze mannen meegenomen. Samen proberen ze de draken weer te verlossen. Vanaf ca. 5 jaar.

Elmer must come once again to the aid of his flying baby dragon when men discover its retreat and begin to hunt it.

As aventuras de Aderbal e seu amigo dragão são contadas nos livros O dragão do meu pai, Aderbal e o dragão e Os dragões de Terra Azul. Cada volume traz um mapa para o leitor acompanhar os caminhos seguidos pelos dois amigos. Primeiro, Aderbal viajou sozinho até uma ilha distante, para libertar um filhote de dragão, prisioneiro de um bando de animais selvagens. Depois, enfrentou mares e tempestades em sua volta para casa. Finalmente, atravessou de novo o oceano para impedir que a última família de dragões na face da Terra caísse nas mãos de um bando de caçadores... E tudo isso quando tinha apenas nove anos de idade!