Wonderful Wednesdays #2 Biographies

Wonderful Wednesdays is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Tiny Library.
This looks like anew meme so I thought I'd do it! The purpose each week is: "...spotlighting and recommending some of our most loved books, even if we haven't read them recently. Each week will have a different theme or genre of book to focus on." This week's theme:Biographies.

After considering which was truly a favorite I chose Born Naked: The Early Adventures of the Author of Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowet. Over the years I've read many of this authors true stories. Three favorites pop immediately to mind: "The Boat Who Wouldn't Float," "The Dog Who Wouldn't be," and "Owls in the Family."
Many of his books (like the three listed above) concern his childhood in Canada. Others take place farther north. All are wonderful to read, fun or informative or both. Mowet is one of my favorite authors. I don't reread many books, but I've reread several of his. In "Born Naked", Mowet tells more about his childhood in Saskatchewan. Mowet became fascinated with animals and nature as a child. He ended up having quite a few animals as he grew up, including Mutt, a goggle wearing dog, two huge owls, white mice, gophers.....

Born Naked was a light, easy-to-read book that tells about his early years in Canada. I enjoyed reading about his trip to the Arctic with his uncle on a research mission and his many encounters with animals near his boyhood home. All together a great read.

Wonderful Wednesdays

Wonderful wednesdays is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Tiny Library.

This looks like anew meme so I thought I'd do it! The purpose each week is:

"...spotlighting and recommending some of our most loved books, even if we haven't read them recently. Each week will have a different theme or genre of book to focus on." This week's theme: a book you loved as a child.
We all have a book that we read over and over again as a child and still think of fondly as an adult. I loved this book as a kid, I remember reading it many times. There was action, adventure and yes, a little romance. I actually remember deciding to read it the second time and I couldn't wait to get back into it. I found the picture above orf the book and it looks just like the book I had as a kid. I think I still have it somewhere, and now I have to go look.

From Wikipedia: Set in the late 1580s, the film very loosely follows the real-life exploits of the 16th century Irish prince "Red" Hugh O'Donnell. The story begins when Hugh's father, the king, dies, leaving his son the throne of Donegal. With his ascension to the throne, an Irish prophecy is seemingly fulfilled which promises independence from Elizabethan and English rule. The O'Donnell lords see this occurrence as the opportunity to strike back at the foreigners by force, but Hugh convinces them the right plan is to band together with the other clans of the island, and bargain for their freedom from a position of strength. As he prepares for battle, O'Donnell also courts the beautiful Kathleen McSweeney, to further augment the clans of Ireland.