Best Friends Listening to the Animals

by Guideposts

In our exclusive series, 'Listening to the Animals,' you'll discover all the reasons why we love God's creatures, what we can learn from them and how they enrich our lives.

210 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

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Reviews

[Denise]

This book is so sweet, I read a few stories before going to sleep at night to have nice thoughts in my head. Some were sad & reminded me of my loss of my best furry friend, Marshall, almost 2 years ago. The others made me laugh & smile.

[Carson hall]

I have such mixed feelings about this one. The stories are okay if you are an animal lover, which I am. They are written in about a 5th grade reading level, so there is nothing complex there. The reason I only gave it four stars was the religion. Yes, I realize it is a Guideposts book and it is to be expected, but it was just ridiculous to me. For example, there is a story where a pig eats some fruit, the author of the story never says what kind of fruit it is, and they assume the fruit is poison and the pig is going to die. It sounded to me like the fruit may not have been ripe enough and the pig got a bit of a tummy ache. Well, the owners of the pig don't have enough money to take the pig to the vet, so they pray and miracle of all miracles the pig gets better, and they gush about how God cured the pig. As I said, it looks to me like the pig had a stomach ache and after a few hours felt better. I was annoyed by this, but I guess to each their own.

[Sabrina Wareham]

This was a cute little book for every animal lover. It was originally published in the 90s, and some stories are from previous publications and even older, so times are definitely different now. However, it didn't take away from the book. What I didn't expect, and probably should have, is that there are several stories about animal deaths and the loss of your best friend. I was hoping for something more upbeat, but the stories were enjoyable overall.

[Carol]

1999 - Have It Read It - HB - NF