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Brian's Hunt (#5 Hatchet Saga) by Gary Paulsen
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Brian's Saga
Millions of readers of" Hatchet, The River, Brian s Winter," and "Brian s Return" know that Brian Robeson is at home in the Canadian wilderness. He has stood up to the challenge of surviving alone in the woods. He prefers being on his own in the natural world to civilization. When Brian finds a dog one ...Show more
Brian's Winter (#3 Hatchet Saga) by Gary Paulsen
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Brian's Saga
In Hatchet, 13-year-old Brian Robeson learned to survive alone in the Canadian wilderness, armed only with his hatchet. He was rescued at the end of the summer. Brian's Winterbegins where Hatchet might have ended: Brian is not rescued, but must build on his survival skills to face his deadliest enemy--a ...Show more
Canoe Days by Gary Paulsen
Category: Picture Books
In this picture book that is as refreshing and inviting as a perfect canoe day, Ruth Wright Paulsen's sunlit paintings and Gary Paulsen's poetic text capture all the peace and pleasure of a day when water and sky are one. Illustrations.
Dogteam by Gary Paulsen
Category: Picture Books
On a moonlit winter night, a team of dogs pulls a sled, taking the narrator and readers on a wondrous ride through the snow, into and out of the woods. It is a ride you'll wish would never end. Through this exquisite prose poem, Gary Paulsen shares the joy, the beauty, and the grandeur of the outdoors. ...Show more
Fishbone's Song by Gary Paulsen
Category: Young Adult
An orphan reflects on the lessons he was taught by the wise old man who raised him in this lyrical novel that reads like poetry from three-time Newbery Honor winning author Gary Paulsen. Deep in the woods, in a rustic cabin, lives an old man and the boy he s raised as his own. This sage old man has taug ...Show more
Gone to the Woods by Gary Paulsen
Category: Children's Fiction
From the author of the bestselling Hatchet comes a true story of high-stakes wilderness survival! If not for his eight-hundred-mile journey from the busy Chicago city to a captivating Minnesotan farm aged five, there never would have been a Hatchet. Without the encouragement of the librarian who handed ...Show more
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Brian's Saga
This award-winning contemporary classic is the survival story with which all others are compared--and a page-turning, heart-stopping adventure, recipient of the Newbery Honor. Hatchet has also been nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. Since it was first pub ...Show more
How Angel Peterson Got His Name by Gary Paulsen
Category: Young Adult
Gary Paulsen's slapstick tales capture the "wonderful madness" of growing up in a small town in northern Minnesota, when high spirits, showing off for girls, and general idiocy led Gary and his pals to attempt some amazing stunts, including: *Shooting a waterfall in a barrel *Breaking the world spee ...Show more
How To Train Your Dad by Gary Paulsen
Category: Children's Fiction
From the living legend and award-winning author of Hatchet comes a laugh-out-loud eco-adventure about a boy, his free-thinking dad and the puppy-training pamphlet that turns their summer upside down. Twelve-year-old Carl is fed up with his dad; he may be brilliant, but bin-diving for food, scouring thr ...Show more
Mr. Tucket (Tucket Adventures #1) by Gary Paulsen
Category: Young Adult | Series: Tucket Adventures
It is 1848 and 14-year-old Francis Tucket is heading west on the Oregon Trail. When he lags behind to practice shooting his new rifle, he is captured by Pawnees. It will take wild horses, hostile tribes, and a mysterious one-armed man to help Francis come of age and survive the gritty frontier.
My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen
Category: Picture Books
In each chapter of this fascinating book, Paulsen tells of a special pet: Snowball, the puppy he owned as a boy in the Philippines; Ike, his mysterious hunting companion; Dirk, the grim protector; and Josh, one of the remarkable border collies working on Paulsen's ranch today.