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Where the Red Fern Grows Audiobook
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A beloved classic that captures the powerful bond between man and man’s best friend. Billy has long dreamt of owning not one, but two, dogs. So when he’s finally able to save up enough money for two pups to call his own—Old Dan and Little Ann—he’s ecstatic. It doesn’t matter that times are tough; together they’ll roam the hills of the Ozarks. Soon Billy and his hounds become the finest hunting team in the valley. Stories of their great achievements spread throughout the region, and the combination of Old Dan’s brawn, Little Ann’s brains, and Billy’s sheer will seems unbeatable. But tragedy awaits these determined hunters—now friends—and Billy learns that hope can grow out of despair, and that the seeds of the future can come from the scars of the past. Praise for Where the Red Fern Grows A Top 100 Children’s Novel, School Library Journal's A Fuse #8 Production A Must-Read for Kids 9 to 14, NPR Winner of Multiple State Awards Over 7 million copies in print! “Very touching.” —The New York Times Book Review “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 “An exciting tale of love and adventure you’ll never forget.” —School Library Journal “A book of unadorned naturalness.” —Kirkus Reviews “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
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"I could read this book a hundred times more and cry every single one of them. I'm so glad I read this book when I was a child. If you have children, (maybe over the age of 7?) please read this to them immediately. But only when you've read it first:) This is such a perfect coming of age story and reminder of the innocence and love that we all still carry for our childhood and the pets and joys that grew up with us."
— Hannah (5 out of 5 stars)
Awards
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Winner of Massachusetts Children's Book Award, 1987
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Winner of New Hampshire Great Stone Face Award, 1988
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Winner of North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award, 1981
Where the Red Fern Grows Listener Reviews
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Christy McGehee, 2/21/2023
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Josie Feikls, 3/14/2019
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" Still as good as I remember from when I was a kid! "
— Screwfist , 1/29/2017 -
" Where the red fern grows is an injoyable and sad book. "
— Cole, 2/17/2014 -
" Child, Adult...it doesn't matter, I still love and read this book! "
— Laura, 2/13/2014 -
" A classic! Read it after my 10 year-old daughter read it. A great read for any lover of dogs. "
— Rob, 2/10/2014 -
" It is a really slow book at first but then in the middle it picks up and its really good.. "
— Brittany, 2/5/2014 -
" One of my favorite books from childhood. "
— Macy, 2/4/2014 -
" I was very young, 5th or 6th grade, when I read this book. I rated kind of low honestly because I can't recall being in love with this book. "
— Amy, 2/3/2014 -
" One of my favorites from childhood. Cried my eyes out at the tennis courts while reading it during my grade school years. "
— Jennifer, 1/22/2014
About Wilson Rawls
Wilson Rawls grew up on a small farm in the Ozark Mountains of Oklahoma. There were no schools where he lived so his mother taught Rawls and his sisters how to read and write. He says that reading the book The Call of the Wild changed his life and gave him the notion that he would like to grow up to write a book like it. He shared his dream with his father, and his father gave him the encouraging advice, “Son, a man can do anything he sets out to do, if he doesn’t give up.” Rawls never forgot his father’s words, and went on to create two novels about his boyhood that have become modern classics.
About Anthony Heald
Anthony Heald, an Audie Award–winning narrator, has earned Tony nominations and an Obie Award for his theater work; appeared in television’s Law & Order, The X-Files, Miami Vice, and Boston Public; and starred as Dr. Frederick Chilton in the 1991 Oscar-winning film The Silence of the Lambs. He has also won numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards for his narrations.