Archive for the Books Category

Where The Red Fern Grows – This book is about a boy named Billy Coleman who lives with his dad, mom, and two little sisters in the Ozark Mountains.  He wants a pair of coonhounds so he can go hunting.  His family is poor and cannot afford

Hank books – One day at my school the author of the Hank books came by, John R. Erickson, and we had a class assembly. He played his banjo and sang songs from some of the books like “Cats Are Stupid”. That’s what really started me on

Swiss Family Robinson – Sometimes I wish that my family and I were on an abandoned island foraging for food and things from the ship for a living, but I think it would be hard to live that way. I would love to play with monkeys and

Old Yeller – Speaking of dogs, my dog is just like Old Yeller.  Old Yeller is a story about a kid like me.  It’s another one of my favorite books.  Travis takes care of his family one summer on the Texas frontier.  Everything in it is real

Robinson Crusoe – Pretty much every day I wake up and wish I was on a deserted island with a ship to salvage, food to find, and a shelter to build.  Just me and my dogs roaming around exploring and having our own country all to ourselves.  I