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This Side of Wild: Mutts, Mares, and Laughing Dinosaurs
Written by Gary Paulsen
Narrated by Fred Sanders
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In the National Book Award longlist book This Side of Wild, Newbery Honor–winning author Gary Paulsen shares surprising true stories about his relationship with animals, highlighting their compassion, intellect, intuition, and sense of adventure.
Gary Paulsen is an adventurer who competed in two Iditarods, survived the Minnesota wilderness, and climbed the Bighorns. None of this would have been possible without his truest companions: his animals. Sled dogs rescued him in Alaska, a sickened poodle guarded his well-being, and a horse led him across a desert. Through his interactions with dogs, horses, birds, and more, Gary has been struck with the belief that animals know more than we may fathom.
His understanding and admiration of animals is well known, and in This Side of Wild, which has taken a lifetime to write, he proves the ways in which they have taught him to be a better person.
Gary Paulsen is an adventurer who competed in two Iditarods, survived the Minnesota wilderness, and climbed the Bighorns. None of this would have been possible without his truest companions: his animals. Sled dogs rescued him in Alaska, a sickened poodle guarded his well-being, and a horse led him across a desert. Through his interactions with dogs, horses, birds, and more, Gary has been struck with the belief that animals know more than we may fathom.
His understanding and admiration of animals is well known, and in This Side of Wild, which has taken a lifetime to write, he proves the ways in which they have taught him to be a better person.
Author
Gary Paulsen
Gary Paulsen (1931–2021) was one of the most honored writers of contemporary literature for young readers, author of three Newbery Honor titles, Dogsong, Hatchet, and The Winter Room. He wrote over 100 books for adults and young readers.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/52nd time listening to this! I love all things Gary Paulsen. When I can't find other books to listen to, I come back to him. I'm always in awe of the adventures he led and the grasp he had on animals, especially dogs.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is a collection of memorable stories in Gary Paulsen's life bringing him to the conclusion, "Animals know more than we fathom." An excellent choice for book discussion that will interest adults as well as teens, appropriate for ages 10 & up.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5middlegrade nonfiction. Gary Paulsen true adventure stories with more animals? I thought he couldn't miss with that one, but I found the entries inside a bit fragmented, like partial journal entries from a mind that wanders a lot. Which still might be really good, but I was hoping for something that younger kids might pick up and get into right away, and after 18 pages I hadn't found that.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Gary Paulsen tells a few stories from his own life that deal with his encounters with the wild. For fans of Gary Paulsen, this will be a happy read. If you are not a fan, you might become one.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is a look back by Mr. Paulsen as he looks at some of the animals he found interesting in his life.Mr. Paulsen talks about several animals in his look back as an animal-lover. One dog, Gretchen, actually had conversations with him. He witnesses intelligent and loving behavior from many different kinds of animals.If you like stories of animals, you may like this book. It’s certainly not a bad book, but it merely skips about Mr. Paulsen’s life and randomly talks about animals and ends abruptly.