Praise for Where the Red Fern Grows
A Top 100 Children’s Novel, School Library Journal
A Must-Read for Kids 9 to 14, NPR
A Great American Read's Selection (PBS)
Winner of Multiple State Awards
Over 14 million copies in print!
“One of the great classics of children’s literature . . . Any child who doesn’t get to read this beloved and powerfully emotional book has missed out on an important piece of childhood for the last 40-plus years.” —Common Sense Media
“A rewarding book . . . [with] careful, precise observation, all of it rightly phrased....Very touching.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A book of unadorned naturalness.” —Kirkus Reviews
“An exciting tale of love and adventure you’ll never forget.” —School Library Journal
“Written with so much feeling and sentiment that adults as well as children are drawn [in] with a passion.” —Arizona Daily Star
“It’s a story about a young boy and his two hunting dogs and . . . I can’t even go on without getting a little misty.” —The Huffington Post
“We tear up just thinking about it.” —Time on the film adaptation
Boy, do we love a re-read. We can wax poetic about them ad nauseum. Even C. S. Lewis agrees, saying “To me, re-reading my favorite books is like spending time with my best friends. I’d never be satisfied to limit myself to just one experience each with my favorite people.” Those novels that you take […]
Carol Rifka Brunt, author of Tell The Wolves I’m Home, talks about finding inspiration and her characters’ voices, and wanting to be the kind of person who writes in coffee shops, among other things, with Discover Great New Writers.
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Dear Literary Lady, Non-Reader here, asking about something I’ve always found weird: Why do people smell old books? –T.N., San Diega, CA Dear T.N., Oh. Oops. We readers didn’t think people noticed that we were discreetly sniffing the well-thumbed pages of our favorite novels. We thought we were hiding our olfactory indulgences by pretending to […]