{"product_id":"9781481451512","title":"This Side of Wild: Mutts, Mares, and Laughing Dinosaurs","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the National Book Award longlist book \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Wild\u003c\/i\u003e, Newbery Honor–winning author Gary Paulsen shares surprising true stories about his relationship with animals, highlighting their compassion, intellect, intuition, and sense of adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGary Paulsen is an adventurer who competed in two Iditarods, survived the Minnesota wilderness, and climbed the Bighorns. None of this would have been possible without his truest companions: his animals. Sled dogs rescued him in Alaska, a sickened poodle guarded his well-being, and a horse led him across a desert. Through his interactions with dogs, horses, birds, and more, Gary has been struck with the belief that animals know more than we may fathom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis understanding and admiration of animals is well known, and in \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Wild\u003c\/i\u003e, which has taken a lifetime to write, he proves the ways in which they have taught him to be a better person.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Books For Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038156177648,"sku":"9781481451512","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781481451512_p0.jpg?v=1763622136","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781481451512","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}