| The Dog Who Wouldn't Be | 
 enlarge | Author: Farley Mowat
Publisher: Bantam USA
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 145275
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: 1st Laurel-Leaf Ed
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0553279289
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.7
EAN: 9780553279283
ASIN: 0553279289
Publication Date: December 31, 1984
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: New book. Due to problems with Standard Airmail delivery times from the USA, we have switched to using PRIORITY AIRMAIL ONLY. UK & European delivery is 7-10 days.
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One of the great books of our time. April 6, 1999
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I first read this book when I was twelve, on a lazy day, at my grandparents house. I have never enjoyed a book as much before or since! It has to be one of the funniest books ever written while at the same time incredibly heartwarming. I've been looking for a copy for years and am going to buy several more as gifts. If you want to lure your kids away from the tube for a few hours get them to try this book. You won't be sorry!
Perhaps the best book ever written. December 23, 1998
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've read more complex and demanding books but never have I enjoyed a book more. Mowat's "The Boat who wouldn't float" comes in second. Read it to your kids. Im going to read it to my kids as soon as it arrives. I've lost my copy (lent it out and it didn't return) so I'm ordering a new one today.
A must for anyone who loves animals. November 6, 1998
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
My family discovered Mowat when I was in my teens and we read as many of his works as we could find. The Dog Who Wouldn't Be particularly touched all of us, adult and child alike, because we all love dogs (and people) who are just a little different!
A classic dog story book July 17, 1998
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is one of the funniest books that I have ever read. Mutt, the dog, comes to the family in a basket filled with ducks. The father in the story wants an expensive pure bred dog for hunting. However, mother circumvents this by plucking out the dog, paying one cent, and saving lots of money. There are plenty of misadventures in the story, from mutt retrieving a stuffed pheasent in the city (after father pointed his shotgun and said bang), to climbing a ladder into the eccentric womans house filled with 50 cats. There was the encounter with the skunk (in the basement of the house) and the time father accidentally used bluing to clean the dog. The part about the owls is funny and interesting as well. Needless to say, Mutt has many adventures, all of them hilarious I have read this book many times.
One of the funniest books I ever read. April 23, 1998
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book had me laughing out loud time after time. I've been buying and lending this book to people for years. The tales of this remarkable dog and the Mowat family are entertaining, hilarious, and eventually touching.
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