My Life in Dog Years

So it's a juvenile book you can finish in an hour and it's another dog book---ok, ok, sue me! I'm a children's librarian and a total dog freak---whaddya expect? :) A proud and self-confessed "dog person", Gary Paulsen literally owes his life to dogs. The first chapter of his book is dedicated to his......more

For all his superb cultural, wilderness, and humor fiction, this is Gary Paulsen in his element: telling his own true stories about living among wild and domesticated animals. He's a treasure trove of extraordinary experiences, from his childhood overseas to the physical abuse he suffered at the han......more

Great little book. The book is small and the margins are big, so a quick read. Great stories though. One story talks about a farm dog that makes his rounds to all the animals on the farm, unless the little girls in the household are out and then he is watching them and not letting them get to close......more

Gary Paulsen never really had anyone looking after him. His parents were always drinking and never really took care of him. He lived in a house up in the mountains most of the time but when he was younger he went to the philippines for 2 years and he also went to Alaska alot. So this book tells how......more

Gary Paulsen list the dogs he has owned from his young age to present day. Cookie, the sled - dog Snowball- a dog he had while in the Philippines. Ike a stray black lab, a hunting buddy Dirk a stray dog was a guard dog for sheep. Rex a cow herder Caesar a giant loved kids and hot dogs Fred a destroyer of e......more