Ads · Sheila burnford
Browse Our Great Selection of Books & Get Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders!
- Car Parts
Looking For Car Parts?
We Have The Parts You Need.
- Kindle eBooks
Choose from hundreds of eBooks.
Start reading today!
- Car Parts
Search results
Sheila Philip Cochrane Burnford née Every (11 May 1918 – 20 April 1984) was a Scottish writer. She is best known for her novel The Incredible Journey about two dogs and a cat traveling through the Canadian wilderness.
People also ask
Who is Sheila Burnford?
What did Sheila Burnford do in Canada?
Where did Sheila Burnford go to school?
How many children did Sheila Burnford have?
The Incredible Journey (1961), by Scottish author Sheila Burnford, is a children's book first published by Hodder & Stoughton, which tells the story of three pets as they travel 300 miles (480 km) through the Canadian wilderness searching for their beloved masters. It depicts the suffering and stress of an arduous journey, together with the ...
Burnford is best remembered for The Incredible Journey, a story about three animals traveling in the wilderness (1961), the first of a number of books she wrote on Canadian topics. The book was a modest success in 1961 but became a bestseller after it formed the basis of a successful Disney film.
- (51.8K)
- April 20, 1984
- May 11, 1918
Sheila Burnford has 26 books on Goodreads with 73418 ratings. Sheila Burnford’s most popular book is The Incredible Journey.
Sheila Burnford wrote several books for adults about her experiences of living in Canada, travelling by dog-sled and watching narwhals (these are unusual sea mammals which look little bit like dolphins, except they have a long thin tusk in the centre of their heads, like a unicorn’s horn!).
- (321)
- Sheila Burnford
Sheila Burnford, author (b in Scotland 11 May 1918; d at Bucklers Hard, Hampshire, Eng 20 Apr 1984). Educated at private schools in England, France and Germany, Burnford served as a volunteer ambulance driver during WWII before immigrating to Canada and settling in Port Arthur, Ontario.
Jan 22, 1997 · The Incredible Journey. Paperback – January 22, 1997. Fans of Old Yeller, Where the Red Fern Grows, and Shiloh will love this timeless classic about two dogs and a cat that embark on a journey to return to their owner and inspired the movie Homeward Bound.
- Sheila Burnford