I don't know how else to say this: The Call of the Wild is the greatest book ever written.

It opened my eyes when I was a teenager and then it re-captured my entire soul as a 38 year-old dad with a new dog.

This most classic novel is beautiful and deep without being complicated and it confronts difficult but essential concepts such as harship, loyalty, loss, and freedom. It will open you up to the world while making you feel at home. I would suggest that if you don't read this every couple of years then you are missing an opportunity to recalibrate the best and most primal parts of your being. Now imagine giving this gift of literature and experience to your child.