This is a “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” book that Dave got at a book fair
at his school. It’s all about people and animals that escaped certain
death in a variety of unlikely ways. There’s the woman who bit a pit
bull terrier in the neck to make it let go of her dog; the woman whose
life was saved by her potbelly pig; various people picked up and carried
improbable distances by tornadoes only to land safely; people rescued
from volcanoes; et cetera, et al.

I got to read all of this aloud to Dave over the last five nights. It
was less tedious than some things we’ve read, but it isn’t going to win
any literary awards either. I think this one will recede into blessed
obscurity on David’s shelf until the day when he can read it to himself.