Audiobooks are great for guys. Audiobooks also are great for summer, when guys are often in the car traveling on vacation. (The CARLMAN likes to listen to them as my starcruiser makes the jump through hyperspace) Nothing makes the time go by as quickly as listening to a good story. That why I love to tell you when I find a good one and I certainly heard a terrific one this weekend. It was The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford.
You've probably seen the two Disney movies with the talking animals that 
were based on this book. (There was an even older version from waaayy back in the day, but I bet you haven't seen that one!) Well, those were good but they don't give ANY idea of how thrilling and rough and rugged the original story is! This isn't some cutesy animal tale but real nature, "red in tooth and claw", where survival does not come easily!
There are three animals, a bull terrier, a Labrador Retriever, and a Siamese cat, who are staying with a man up north in the Canadian woods. He's taking care of them while their real owner is gone and, when he goes on a hunting the trip, the three are accidentally left by themselves. Their instinct to return to their real home overtakes them and they head off. The problem is that their home is 300 miles away through the untamed Canadian wilderness! And this is back before there were cell phones or GPS, so no one knows they're gone! How can three pets possibly survive alone in the dangerous wilderness? Well, you'll find out when you listen to this truly incredible story! Megan Follows reads this story perfectly, pacing the action just right to give it maximum excitement. If you have to spend some time in the car this summer, I couldn't think of a better way to pass the time!
And if you want to find out about other good audiobooks, look for the "Labels" section on the left-hand side of the page and click on "audiobooks." Happy listening!
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I am sharing my pets with you today (Chester the boxer and Hush Puppy the basset hound) because I am an animal lover. And because I am an animal lover, I also want us to take a trip back and remember the book The Incredible Journey by Shelia Burnford. Many of you have probably seen the Disney movie Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, starring the voices of Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, and Don Ameche as the animals that make their way back home after an incredible journey. There’s not a dry eye in the room when those three lovable pets make their way back at the end. The movie is based on Shelia Burnford’s book.
The book was published in 1961 by Little, Brown the first time. Then it was re-released by Bantam and Delacorte Press in the 1990s. The movie came out in 1993; and of course, it differs from the book as all movies do. But still both are great and wonderful and a good animal story, bringing tears to the eyes of readers and watchers, like some other old classics: Old Yeller and Where the Red Fern Grows. In this story, we are not dealing with any dead dogs though. (You know, there’s so many dead dogs in children’s literature that Gordon Korman wrote the book, No More Dead Dogs!)
If you have animal lovers at home or in your classroom, suggest to them that they read The Incredible Journey. When they are finished, they can watch the movie, and they can compare and contrast the two. Which one did they like better? Why? You can also ask kids to discuss why they think so many recent kids’ movies are based on books like Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs or Where the Wild Things Are. And why do movies differ from the book? These are all interesting discussions or writing topics for children.
So, do you have a pet? What kind? What name? Have a pet story? Have a favorite pet book? Let us all know!
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