LitPick Review
In the book, Daisy to the Rescue, four categories of stories about life-saving animals are reviewed: stories about pets, trained animal helpers, wild animals, and legendary animals. Each category has many stories about animals (including dogs, horses, dolphins, etc.) rescuing humans. Not all the stories are classic tales of dogs fighting off people, or other animals to saving their owners. This unique book has excerpts about miraculous physical and mental feats performed by a variety of creatures: pigs, horses, and parrots (to name a few).
Opinion:
Daisy to the Rescue by Jeff Campbell, is a fantastic compilation of stories about unbelievable animal heroics. I found the stories intriguing and inspiring and I really enjoyed learning about these amazing animals. The stories were organized in an easily understandable manner that provided all the facts about each event (such as the name and species of the animal, as well as who they saved) at the beginning of the each story. The stories then unfolded, with related anecdotes attached to emphasize animals’ caring disposition and our underestimation of them.
I felt that the simplistic writing style was slightly distracting, but the actual tales of these amazing creatures eclipsed any criticism provided.
