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Where the Red Fern Grows (Turtleback School & Library) | Wilson Rawls

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4✨ If you know anything about this book you know it‘s a hard read. I remember as a kid watching this movie as a “Friday Fiction Movie” my teacher (Dad) always put on classic literature movies every Friday. This one was so memorable that I wasn‘t able to read it until now. The hurt that we feel for this young man who worked hard for his dogs, cherished his dogs, and was saved more ways than one is timeless.

dabbe 💛💜🧡 11h

ShelleyBooksie What a book ♡♡♡ I will forever be thankful for my grade 6 teacher for reading this book to the class. 10h

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Roary47

Where the Red Fern Grows | Wilson Rawls

Gandalf says I can‘t take a picture of my #Roll100 for September. Soooo.. the tagged, Moon rise, and The Dark Rising are the selections for this month. 😅 #CatsofLitsy

PuddleJumper

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 1mo

willaful Oooo, Anne Stuart. Getting in the mood for Fall? 1mo

LitStephanie The Dark is Rising! That takes me back. Are you re-reading childhood favorites or discovering classic gems for the first time? 1mo

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dabbe 🩶🐾🩶 1mo

Roary47 @willaful Honestly, just lucky I think. These are my random reads selected in #Roll100 that are on my shelves I haven‘t read yet. @LitStephanie I haven‘t, but you made me really excited. I was a struggling reader growing up so wasn‘t able to read a lot of the stories my peers were reading. 🥰💛 1mo

PuddleJumper 😻😻 1mo

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dabbe

Where the Red Fern Grows | Wilson Rawls

#haikuaday
#haikuhive

Old Dan, Little Ann ...
You're forever joined in love––
where the red fern grows.

Kristy_K, DebinHawaii, TheBookHippie, JenlovesJT47, Reggie, vivastory, Eggs, jdiehr, TheSpineView, CBee, lil1inblue, julieclair, AnnCrystal, bellabella, BooksandCoffee4Me

TheSpineView Beautiful and sad. 💛🐝💛 5mo

BarbaraJean I JUST listened to an audiobook where the author talked about how scarred he was by reading this as a kid!! 😆 5mo

dabbe @TheSpineView 💛😭🖤 5mo

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dabbe @BarbaraJean 🎯🩵🎯!!! Same here ... 4th grade was never the same. 5mo

Kristy_K This just made me add the book to my TBR! Love! 💛💛 5mo

JenlovesJT47 I have never read this. 😳 Need to fix that! 💛🐝🖤 5mo

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 @Kristy_K One of my fave books of childhood. You'll need a box of kleenex when you read it. 😍 5mo

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝📚🐝💝. 5mo

Ruthiella @JenlovesJT47 Maybe two boxes of Kleenex. 😭 5mo

JenlovesJT47 @Ruthiella I downloaded it and plan on starting it tomorrow! 🤧 5mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💛🐝🖤 5mo

dabbe @Ruthiella 🎯🩵🎯 5mo

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 🩵😭🩵 5mo

BooksandCoffee4Me 😢💛💛💛 5mo

Eggs Oh 😥 so beautiful 🌿 5mo

Reggie 🖤🖤🖤 5mo

Roary47 I still haven‘t read it, but watched it in my fourth grade class for our book-movie Fridays. My teacher (my Dad) was really awesome in ensuring a type of literacy even if many of my class wasn‘t readers. I‘m too scared for all that raw emotion. 😭 (edited) 5mo

CBee @dabbe I will never read this again. My heart can‘t take it 😢😢 5mo

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me 🩵😭🩵 5mo

dabbe @Eggs 🩵😭🩵 5mo

dabbe @Roary47 First, how cool is is that your dad was your teacher? 😍 And yes, the emotion is as raw as it gets. 🩵😭🩵 5mo

dabbe @CBee Same here, m'dear. It's a favorite, but that doesn't mean I can go through it again. 🩵😭🩵 5mo

bellabella I cry every time.
Why did they have to die so?
Please live forever. 😭 5mo

dabbe @bellabella As an agonostice, I just don't know about an after-life for humans. But good kitties and good boys and girls? #therehastobe 🖤🐾🖤 5mo

CBee @bellabella agreed 😭😭😭 5mo

DebinHawaii Yeah, this was the book (& movie) that broke me for sad animal stories. Even more so than Bambi & Old Yeller! 🥺😢😭 But excellent haiku! 🖤🐝💛 5mo

dabbe @DebinHawaii 🎯🩵🎯!!! 5mo

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dabbe

Where the Red Fern Grows | Wilson Rawls

#dynamicds
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#dog

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forestandcrow I named my business after this. 6mo

dabbe @forestandcrow How cool is that? 🩵💚💙 6mo

Eggs 🖤🐶💙 6mo

dabbe @Eggs 🤩😍🤩 6mo

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TheSpineView

Big Red | Jim Kjelgaard

#DynamicDs @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#Dog

One of my favorite books growing up. I read the whole series.

Eggs Love dog books 🦮🧡🐶 6mo

AmyG Same. I just loved this book. 6mo

TheSpineView @Eggs @AmyG Me too! ❤️🐕❤️🐾❤️ 6mo

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TEArificbooks Also one of my favorites of childhood 6mo

TheSpineView @TEArificbooks 👍❤️🐕 6mo

bellabella Oh my. Agree with all the above. I adored this book growing up. 6mo

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Bookzombie

The Most Dangerous Game | Richard Connell

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I‘m surprised I didn‘t read this one in school. I hadn‘t even heard of it until my husband mentioned it. Short, but good.

Finished March 1, 2025.

Reggie Funny enough, we read this in 9th grade with Mrs.Gunserson. She had tea and smokes stained teeth and was fcking tough. TOUGH. We all also liked the story. Have you read The Scarlet Ibis. We also read that with her and that was definitely something. 6mo

Bookzombie @Reggie Your description of memories are always so vivid. I haven‘t read that one. I looked it up and will have to find it. 🙂 6mo

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BC_Dittemore

The Most Dangerous Game | Richard Connell

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I listened to this a few months ago and hadn‘t got around to a review.

I had seen the original 1932 film and so knew the “twist” already. Still, I was unprepared for 1.) how short it is & 2.) how well written it is. Possibly one of the best stories from a technical stand point I have ever read. If I recall correctly, though,the ending is where Connell‘s technicality falters, suffering from a rushed and clunky conclusion.

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