My Father's Dragon

Only read 1 chapter of this one, but it was to actual real live students, and I was paid to do it!

Seems like a cool book too, have to pick up a copy and find out how it ends...

My Father's Dragon
by Ruth Stiles Gannet (1948?)

The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs

The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs

by Betty G.* Birney (2005)

A boy who wants to travel and see the world, or at least get off the farm and ride a train, looks around his small town for "wonders" and finds how special his family and neighbors really are. Well done characters, humor, strength of family and community, but also following your dreams, looking out into the wide world.

*are there a lot of other Betty Birneys out there she might get confused with?