Where the Red Fern Grows with Connections

Connections: The pine of Akoya (Japanese folk tale) / retold by Rafe Martin —
The Christmas hunt (short story) / by Borden Deal —
Him (novel extract) from Bambi: a life in the woods / by Felix Salten —
Hunting yarns / compiled by Kemp P. Battle —
Mart Moody’s bird dog (tall tale) / retold by Robert Bethke —
Davy Crockett meets his match (tall tale) —
Paul Bunyan’s cornstalk (tall tale) / retold by Harold Courlander —
Momma’s store (autobiography extract) from I know why the caged bird sings / by Maya Angelou —
Princess (short story) / by Nicholasa Mohr —
The saddest day the summer had (short story) / by Dick Perry —
Bloody murder (novel extract) from The original adventures of Hank the cowdog / by John R. Erickson —
Wilson Rawls (biographical sketch).