Reviews for The Stray

The average rating for The Stray based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-07-09 00:00:00 Sameh Xp If this is not my favorite children's book, it's at least one of the top 5. The first few times I "read" it, it was by listening to it on audio book with the best voices done by an excellent narrator. Those voices are now in my head, so I used them to the best of my ability while reading this to my 8 year old. Within a very short period of time, the other, older, children had gathered around and were begging me not to stop reading.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-03-09 00:00:00 Matthew Thornton I hunted down for this book. While fixing all the childrens books I had when I was young, all I could think of was finding this one. I was so saddened when I found out I didn't have it! I asked my friends, but none seemed to have kept theirs! I went to the National Bookstore in Greenhills and lo and behold! I found it! What more, it was discounted! I guess today's generation aren't that fond of Dick King-Smith. Their loss! I wrote this review last night after I finished reading it, by the way. 03-08-11, 11:30PM-- Aww! What a great story! The Stray teaches you about family and its importance. This book just really shows how important and how nice it would be if everyone had goodness and kindness in their hearts that they were willing to share with everyone around them. In The Stray, we have Henny, an old woman, who's run away from home on her birthday. She goes off on a train to the first place she sees and somehow ends up meeting the Good family. The Good family welcomed Henny into their lives with open arms, even if they knew very little to nothing about her. They were such good hosts to dear old Henny. Meanwhile, we have Henny, who was always very nice to everyone she meets and was always trying her to best to make everyone around her happy. I was really touched and genuinely happy for Henny and the Good family during the end. I'm just really glad that Henny got her happy ending in the end. The ending really made me feel all warm and fuzzy. What a gift family and true friends are. If you have a family and good friends, then you are truly lucky. Just like how Henny was. --11:32PM