Gone to the Dogs

"Anyone who hates children and dogs can't be all bad"--so says the famous comedian W.W. Fields. This Morning Edition piece features librarian Nancy Pearl discussing her favorite dog books (11/6/2006 - 7:18). This is an easy piece for me to select as a pup-sitting Mickey, a dead-ringer for Mr. Bones, the dog on the cover of Paul Auster's novel Timbuktu. Among the other books Pearl discusses are John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley, Carol Anshaw's Lucky in the Corner, and Clifford Simac's City.

Musings

• Can you find any common themes in the handful of books that Pearl discusses, that is, in addition to the dogs?
  
  
• No surprise that this NPR feature quickly made it to the top of the most-emailed list, although it may be a little harder to explain the appeal of canines. Here is a link to a brief piece on the current best-seller mentioned at the start of the NPR piece, Marley and Me.