Stickeen: John Muir and the Brave Little Dog

John Muir, as retold by Donnell Rubay
Dawn Publications (1998)     
ISBN 9781883220785
Reviewed by Cayden Aures (age 6.5) for Reader Views (4/11)

 

This book is about an explorer whose name is John Muir.  I didn’t know who he was but I know that there is a school by us that has his name on it.  The book is called “Stickeen” because that is the dog’s name that goes with him.

In the beginning it says that it is a true story.  This book happened way back in 1880.  That was a long time ago.  He was exploring on glaciers and he took the dog named Stickeen with him.  It was very dangerous going on the glaciers because there were big crevasses in them that they could fall down.  I didn’t know if they were going to make it across or not.

My favorite picture in “Stickeen: John Muir and the Brave Little Dog” is the one of the skinny ice bridge that they had to go across.  That was the one Stickeen was scared of.  I liked reading this book about their adventure together.

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