It’s also a place where dogs patiently wait for old friends: “They will be there at the door. In this joyfully imagined place, God is a smiling, white-haired gentleman who watches the goings-on as dogs run and bark, play with kids, eat dog biscuits in cat shapes, and sleep on fluffy clouds. This is the only book on my list about cats who often leave when they are ready to pass on. And when it’s time, she curls into a little ball under the rose bushes and makes one last jump to the beyond. She knows that she is ready to die and she spends the day saying goodbye to her friends, animal and human.
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This sweet book is about a cat who has lived a long and full life and is now ready to pass on. The Day Tiger Rose Said Goodbye by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Jim LaMarche The book helps young children understand death and provides a valuable lesson that it is always good to tell a loved one, human or pet, that you will always love them. He vows that he will tell every pet he ever has that he will always love him. When Elfie gets old and dies the boy sadly buries Elfie after openly sharing his grief. It is the story of a young boy and his dog Elfie. This is a wonderful picture book about healing and bonding. This still would work as a book to read after the loss of a pet for older children to help them comes to terms with their loss. Earth, to which all creatures finally go.” Finally, Annie is ready to learn to weave. Earth, for which good things come for the living creatures on it. It returns to the edge of the earth in the evening. Finally, her wise grandmother helps her come to terms with the circle of life by simply being with her in the Mesa and telling her, “The sun comes up from the edge of the earth in the morning. While the story is not about the loss of a pet, it’s a wiser story of a Navajo granddaughter, Annie, and her grandmother, a Wise One who understands the circle of life and is so connected to the rhythms of life that she understands when she will move from the physical world to the spirit world.Īnnie, understandably, doesn’t want her grandmother to leave and she resists learning to weave because it’s connected to when her grandmother will die for her grandmother told her that when the rug she is working on is finished, she will return to Mother Earth.Īnnie has trouble focusing at school and starts to undo the day’s weaving at night. This advanced picture book won a Newbery Honor Award, unusual because most Newbery winners are chapter books.
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“Kerr seemingly caps her best–selling series of picture books about an affable family pet with this simultaneously sad and soothing story.” - Publishers Weekly “A very moving story about how a little girl copes with the loss of her beloved terrier mix, LuLu. It’s a really sad but realistic and moving book.įor anyone who has been in this position of having to put a beloved very sick pet down, this book would be helpful to let the kids understand that this was the best but most difficult decision an adult makes. He and his parents plan a wonderful last day for their dog. It’s told from the point of view of the son, a young boy. This is an advanced picture book about Jasper the dog’s last day with his family because he has cancer. Jasper’s Day by Marjorie Blain Parker, illustrated by Janet Wilson Readers are treated to good advice on the grieving process and ways of honoring their pets’ memories with the joyful hope of being reunited with their beloved animals across the Rainbow Bridge.” Ĩ. This is a beautiful picture book that includes Scripture and a Biblical view of loving and losing a pet. The Rainbow Bridge by Niki Behrikis Shanahan This is one of the best books on the subject.” ĩ. “A beautifully illustrated book of an extraordinary caliber that offers solace to people who have lost pets. The Legend of the Rainbow Bridge by William N. This list is dedicated to the memory of Deacon, a joyful dog who was deeply loved. I found many of these books on losing a pet as well on this list through BeatleBangs1964.
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Thank you to Twitter friends plus others who responded when I asked for help. I think they referred to The Legend of the Rainbow Bridg e but there actually two picture books on the same topic with very similar names. The Mom reported back that the burial went well and that reading the book helped make the ceremony special and personal. Luckily the ground wasn’t frozen over because the weather was still quite cold. She knew this would be hard on her son and my other Mom Friend recommended they read the Rainbow book out loud during the burial in the backyard. My Mom Friend at Yoga asked for picture book recommendations when her son’s hamster died.
It is never easy when a pet dies whether it’s expected or unexpected, particularly for children. Take a look at this list of children’s books on losing a pet. Inside: It’s never easy when a pet dies, whether expected or not, particularly for children.
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