I am not going to listen to a children’s book about squirrels! At least that’s what I thought. But I clicked on it just because it was right there in front of me. I was quickly hooked. If you listen, as I did, you will find yourself being taken on quite a wild ride indeed! The author, naturalist John Burroughs, possessed extraordinary keen insight, enabling him to accumulate a vast knowledge of the wild animals he grew up with in the North Eastern woods of our country 140 years ago. His natural gift of understanding nature is combined with excellent writing ability. You will encounter stories of hunting and trapping, which to me is lamentable; but he states the facts as they were. I have known for quite a while that reader, Laura Caldwell, is among the best of the best, but it has dawned on me that she apparently also uses consummate technical skill when producing her readings. I normally listen in my darkened bedroom using a $300 20 year old Techniques stereo amplifier, considered by “audiophiles” to be lower end equipment. However, Laura’s readings are so clear, one can almost imagine her sitting in a rocking chair right there in the room reading to you.