More on Greyfriars Bobby - An Unlikely Discovery

Okay - I promise to post on more interesting topics soon, but...

Having never even heard of the story of Greyfriars Bobby, I thought it too funny that after finding the Walt Disney video about it and following up with a post (see below) to share with others about the wonderful movie, I happen upon this book by British author Richard Brassey last weekend. What's especially interesting is that I found it on the other side of town at a small used bookstore that Bill and I mistook for a Half-Price Books. We were looking for a place to eat lunch after attending a homeschool conference when we thought we spotted our favorite chain of bookstores across the highway. We had quite the difficult time getting to it - lots of turning around after missing the exit or ending up in the wrong shopping strip. But we finally made it there only to find it was not a Half-Price afterall. Bill almost drove away and I insisted that we check it out anyway. Not minutes into my searching of the Children's Picture Book section did I spot that Greyfriars Bobby book, and the sticker on the back tells me that it was originally bought at a souvenir shop in Scotland. What a coincidence that I should come across it. It's not really what I would call a great children's book... I wouldn't even call it a good children's book, though perhaps a fun read. It actually mentions the book written by American author Eleanor Atkinson and the Disney movie that was based on it - very negatively. But even so, it does shed some light on the true story and I'm still proud to have found it as an interesting addition to our collection.