I wonder if I would have had a different reaction to this book if I'd read it as a kid. While I didn't enjoy the book as a whole (especially the weird hand-wavy references to "Indians" and the 10,000 uses of the word coon), the depiction of grief at the end was very good and did make me cry.
Where the Red Fern Grows is another children's book about the bond between a man and his dogs. Billy's dream is to own two dogs. When he's finally able to save enough money, Old Dan and Little Ann came into his life. Together, the three become the finest hunting team in the valley. This is anothe...
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8 Lexile Level: 700L This book is about a young boy named Billy who buys a set of hunting dogs named Dan and Ann. Billy loves his dogs and trains them to hunt for raccoons with him. One day, after Dan is attacked by a mountain lion, Billy suffers a great loss that affects him for...
This is at least my third reading of this classic. I thought it would be fun to do the Audible version as the narrator is wonderful. Silly me... I actually had high hopes that listening would make it easier to get through... it wasn't. And I'm glad.
The story of "Where the Red Fern Grows" is about hard work, love, lose, and hunting dogs. A young boy named Billy Coleman is determined to get himself a set of real hunting dogs no matter what it takes. He spends months and months working and saving every single penny he earns to finally buy the dog...
I feel very biased about this book. It is definitely very well written. I also liked the boy's spirit and his great will. But I just cannot approve of a book that encourages children to hunt and to hunt in a big way. Billy doesn't just occasionally hunt but is absolutely obsessed with it. He even cu...
One of the worst book I've ever read. And this is a child's book? I know that there are some children's books that need to be read as a child; as a grown up is just not the same. But this book is definetely not a children's book. To name some things I hated: Billy, the main character, was not only...
One of the worst book I've ever read. And this is a child's book? I know that there are some children's books that need to be read as a child; as a grown up is just not the same. But this book is definitely not a children's book.To name some things I hated: Billy, the main character, was not only ob...
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