BOOK REVIEW- The Dog Who Wouldn't Be by Farley Mowat

   

The heartwarming, classic true story of a dog who didn't understand he's a dog-and the imaginative boy who loved him.

Funny and poignant, The Dog Who Wouldn't Be is a lively portrait of an unorthodox childhood and an unforgettable friendship. Growing up in on the frontier of Saskatoon, Canada, the legendary adventurer and naturalist, Farley Mowat, received a gift from his mom: a dog she bought for four cents. Farley quickly named him "Mutt."

Mutt displayed skills at hunting and retrieving that were either pure genius or just plain crazy-once going so far as to retrieve a plucked and trussed ruffed grouse from the grocer. Mutt also loved riding passenger in an open car wearing goggles and climbing both trees and ladders - the perfect companion for a child with a love for animals and misadventures.

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5 STARS

I thoroughly enjoyed this book.  It's one that I've wanted to read for a while and it didn't disappoint. I do feel that this is a book for all ages and I say that as an adult.

The author's writing style was the first thing that I enjoyed right off the bat.   And he kept me involved all the way.  I'll also admit that I smiled quite a bit and even laughed out loud a time or two.  Of course it wasn't all hilarity, there was hardships and troubles, sadness and some outrageous adventures. 

As unique as Mutt was, Farley's father was even more so although in the beginning it didn't seem so. But he was a educated man, an nomad of sorts and a sea yearning man.  And let's not forget Farley's mother, she had her own way of dealing with things! She had to be unique, dealing with this menagerie of characters. And I'm including all the animals and birds in that group of characters too.

At one point, it became more about the other animals and birds and Mutt took a bit of a mini back seat.  But we always came back to Mutt. 

 

 

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