My Side of the Mountain (Hardcover)

from t1bclasslibrary

This is one of my favorite books, because within the story of how Sam runs away from home, we learn all about how he survives. I find the details of Sam's life in a tree gathering food and making things for himself more exciting than him running away. The survival information is fascinating, and ...

from kittyjay

This was one of my favorite books as a kid; I would read it incessantly, poring over the lovely illustrations and repeating the words by heart. It was every kid's fantasy of running away to live alone in the woods - the only difference is, Sam Gribley does it. I grew up in the country, and not ar...

from mazeway

Classic. I loved it more with each time I read it. As a child, it made me wish I could run away and live in a hemlock tree. As an adult, reading to my children, I secretly hope they want to run away and live in a hemlock tree (but am relieved when they dont'). A near-perfect book.

from TadAD

I first read this book in 1965. Up until that point, I was a fairly desultory reader. I read well but was pretty much interested only in comics and did the bare minimum required for school. I thought the school books were stupid—which is eight-year-old-boy speak for "totally boring." Then m...

from catz

I like survival storys and this is kind of like a survival story. It's really cool how in the story he makes his house in a tree and he catches his own food and how he makes friends with animals.I think Jean did a really great job with this book.