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| Title | : | The Incredible Journey |
| Author | : | Sheila Burnford |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 145 pages |
| Published | : | December 18th 1995 by Laurel Leaf (first published 1960) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Animals. Classics. Childrens. Adventure. Young Adult |
Sheila Burnford
Paperback | Pages: 145 pages Rating: 4.17 | 47409 Users | 973 Reviews
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Instinct told them that the way home lay to the west. And so the doughty young Labrador retriever, the roguish bull terrier and the indomitable Siamese set out through the Canadian wilderness. Separately, they would soon have died. But, together, the three house pets faced starvation, exposure, and wild forest animals to make their way home to the family they love. The Incredible Journey is one of the great children's stories of all time--and has been popular ever since its debut in 1961.
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| Original Title: | The Incredible Journey |
| ISBN: | 0440226708 (ISBN13: 9780440226703) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Ontario(Canada) |
| Literary Awards: | Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1971), CLA Book of the Year for Children Award (1963), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (1963), Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (1964), William Allen White Children's Book Award (1964) Aurianne Award (1963) |
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Ratings: 4.17 From 47409 Users | 973 ReviewsCriticize Containing Books The Incredible Journey
DNF. I tried to push through this one as it's an extremely short middle grade, but I have literally no desire to pick this up and continue reading, so clearly this story is just not for me. If you've ever watched Homeward Bound, it's like that, but in Canada and without any of the animals talking (which is fine, but I think I just really like dialogue?). No dialogue does mean that you're having to read about animals travelling and their behaviours and the things they encounter, which is coolRead for school. I've never been the type of person who likes reading animal narration and this was no different. It was interesting, but also a little roundabout.
What a fantastic book this is, I loved it when I was a little kid and it's still just as excellent today! Plus it takes place in Canada, so I was familiar with the frigid weather that the three animals face throughout the novel. It was incredibly well-written and intriguing.
Sheila Burnford's storytelling is great, if she pieced accuracy together and only re-imagined the time between eyewitnesses. She excelled at a complex task. I had a few quibbles. When I visit countries, I use their languages. I enjoy differences, unless they forgo vocabulary that keeps something clear. Sheila emigrated ten years before publishing this. She knew generalizing property, lawn, grounds, yard with garden does not fly! She referred to John's garden door but since a garden is soil,
This is one of my all time favorites that I read as a kid and I was curious to see if it would wield the same emotional power that it did over 30 + years ago. It came into my hands again through a curious set of circumstances.First: my mom and I had been talking about books during a phone conversation. She had mentioned finding her copy of "Three Against the Wilderness", which I hadn't heard of before so I thought she had meant this one while substituting a different title. Nope, completely
Anyone who has a love of animals will like this tale of the love of 3 animals for each other and most especially for the humans they consider more than life itself.The animals names are interesting;Tao-the Siamese cat; path, route, road, chooseLuath- the Labrador retriever; quick, fast, early, soonBodger- the English bulldog; a creator of things from found or improvised materials.It seemed to me that Tao's canniness, Bodger's friendliness and Luath's faithfulness worked together for the group.
As a kid, I fell in love with the movie inspired, thirty years later, by Sheila Burnford's novel, The Incredible Journey. That movie was called Homeward Bound and had a cast of talking animals who set out on an incredible one hundred mile journey to return home. The Disney film gave the animals human personalities: Chance the bulldog was goofy and reckless; Shadow the golden retriever was wise and loyal; and Sassy the Himalayan cat was, well, sassy. Burnford's novel deals with the animals much
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