Comments about ‘'Hatchet' author Gary Paulsen to bring boyhood tales to Salt Lake’

What a great story about a great story-teller!

Gotta love a guy like that.

While in semi-retirement and until the recession forced me back into full-time employment, I was a volunteer reading tutor in a nearby elementary school for 7 years. I never knew about Mr. Paulsen's books. I wish I had. I suspect there were a number of the children I tutored whose lives and special needs would have been better served by reading Mr. Paulsen's books than what I used.

Thanks for the story. Knowing about his books will give me a better set of tools to use when I resume tutoring.

One of my favorite authors. Just finished reading "Woods Runner", and enjoyed it as much as all of his other books that I have read. I use his books in my classroom, I find that many have valuable life lessons to teach young people.

Gary Paulsen stands alone in the honest, outdoors story creation. His talent is rare and finely crafted. That's why students love his books....the honesty always shines through.

As a former media specialist, I can attest to the fact that he and his books are genuinely loved.

Hatchet is a great book.

Mr. Paulsen writes great books. His best are "Woodsong" and "My Life in Dog Years." Both of these are biographical. I have read them aloud to many students in the 1st-6th grades and they love them.

"My Life in Dog Years" has been an inspiring story to many young men I have taught that have faced similar challenges as Gary did as a young man, with parents who were largely uninvolved, leaving him to find his own way.

I am so appreciative of Gary Paulsen's dedication to inspiring youth. We are all grateful for the librarian that inspired him.

Thanks Mr. Paulsen!