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Ruth Chrisman Gannett
(1896 - 1979)
Ruth Chrisman Gannett was born in California. She illustrated many famous children’s books, chiefly with lithographs.
Bibliography
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 3 (1962)
This collection includes fables, folk tales, and fairy tales.
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 6 (1962)
Through the year in poetry, prose, history and fiction centered on the holidays of America.
The Dragons of Blueland (1951)
When Elmer Elevator’s dragon friend Boris and his family are in danger, he is off to Blueland to help them escape their captors.
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Author(s):
Ruth Stiles Gannett
Illustrator(s):
Ruth Chrisman Gannett
Elmer and the Dragon (1950)
On their way home from Wild Island, Elmer Elevator and the baby dragon stop off at Feather Island where they meet the escaped canaries and search for treasure.
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Author(s):
Ruth Stiles Gannett
Illustrator(s):
Ruth Chrisman Gannett
Hi-Po the Hippo (1942)
When a baby hippo is left on their front lawn, Mr. and Mrs Hippo decide to keep him.
Author(s):
Dorothy Thomas
Illustrator(s):
Ruth Chrisman Gannett
How the Baby Hippo Found a Home (1942)
One morning Mr. and Mrs. Hippo find a baby in a basket by their front door. Mr. Hippo decides to keep the little boy whose name is Hi-Po.
Author(s):
Dorothy Thomas
Illustrator(s):
Ruth Chrisman Gannett
Miss Hickory (1946)
Miss Hickory has a hickory nut for a head, but her body is an applewood twig.
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Author(s):
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Illustrator(s):
Ruth Chrisman Gannett
My Father’s Dragon (1948)
When an alley cat he befriends tells Elmer Elevator about the captive baby dragon on Wild Island, he determines to go to the island and set him free.
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Author(s):
Ruth Stiles Gannett
Illustrator(s):
Ruth Chrisman Gannett
My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World (1945)
We don’t love people because they are beautiful. They are beautiful because we love them.
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Author(s):
Becky Reyher
Illustrator(s):
Ruth Chrisman Gannett
Three Tales of My Father’s Dragon (1998)
A boxed set containing My Father’s Dragon, Elmer and the Dragon, and The Dragons of Blueland.
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Author(s):
Ruth Stiles Gannett
Illustrator(s):
Ruth Chrisman Gannett