The Incredible Journey in Around the World in 80 Books

Nov 02, 2014 Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance rated it really liked it

Shelves: children-s-books, kids-1001, adventure, animals

Three pets, two dogs and a cat, head for home across the Canadian wilderness. Wow. Fabulous adventure story. Attacked by bears. Almost drowned in a river. Nearly starving. Shot at. Taken in for the night by a zany loner. Befriended by some empty-nesters. Walking through snow. Fantastic story! Quite deserving of the title.

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Dec 01, 2011 Kimberly rated it it was amazing

Shelves: to-re-read, childhood-memories, children-s_books, read-to-offspring, library-books-read-2012, 2012-bookshelf, animals, around-the-world, canadiana-fiction

Nothing feels better than to read an old childhood classic read. Plus I was able to include it in my Around the World in 52 Books Challenge. It's been many years since my Daddy read me this (Hey I may be 21 but Daddy is the only thing I've ever called my father) story. I loved it then and I really loved reading it now that I'm older.

The story of the young lab, old bull terrier and the Siamese cat is one that is timeless and one that appeals to both the young and old as well as new readers and t ...more

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Aug 21, 2012 Tanya rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-children-s-literature, kids-1001books-8plus, format-ebook, 2015, challenge-2015-popsugar

Sometimes, the way the paragraph was written was a bit confusing to me. Also, the descriptor on of old do
G vs young dog continually tripped me up and slowed my reading of this book as I would need to slow down and think about which breed of dog it was so I would have the correct picture in my head. If it had been purely the use of their names or their breeds, I probably would have been able to have a better flow of reading. Overall, a good adventure though a bit unbelievable. If I were a kid, I ...more

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