If you love animals, especially dogs, you must read this book. Author Gary Paulsen writes about many of the amazing dogs he has owned or been acquainted with over his eventful and often difficult life. ( )

This is a delightful collection of stories about the dogs that the author has known and loved. It made me smile, and chuckle several times. Highly recommended for dog lovers, but worth reading by anyone. ( )

This is a fabulous non-fiction book for students who are interested in memoir type stories and especially for students who have an interest in dogs. This is a book full of engaging stories for kids with a variety of stories that are a combination of happy,funny and sad stories. ( )

Now I want a Border Collie. ( )

My life in dog years is a collection of short stories about the impact dogs have had on the authors life. Gary Paulsen has lived an unusual life and the dogs that have come and gone through out that life are just as unusual. Some stories are humorous and others you will need a box of tissues near by. Each story holds a different specific central message but the one theme that is carried out through each chapter is that a dog can offer humans much more than a generic companionship, in fact many of the dogs mentioned seemed to have impacted that authors life more than humans. ( )