The end of something wonderful : a practical guide to a backyard funeral / by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic ; illustrated by George Ermos.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Sterling Children's Books, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781454932116
- 1454932112
- Pet owners -- Psychology -- Juvenile literature
- Pets -- Death -- Juvenile literature
- Pet adoption -- Juvenile literature
- Pet loss -- Juvenile literature
- Grief -- Juvenile literature
- Bereavement in children -- Juvenile literature
- Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Juvenile literature
- Death -- Juvenile literature
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 155.937 L937 | Available | 33111009410784 | ||||
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
With gentle humor and quirkiness, this sympathetic book demonstrates how to say goodbye to a beloved pet and give it a proper sendoff.
"[ The End of Something Wonderful is] really good. It's funny and sardonic and it gets to be touching at the end." --Betsy Bird, School Library Journal
Children love their pets very much--and when the animals die, that loss can be hard to process. The End of Something Wonderful helps kids handle their feelings when they're hurting and can't find all the right words. In a warm, understanding, sometimes funny way, it guides children as they plan a backyard funeral to say goodbye, from choosing a box and a burial spot to giving a eulogy and wiping away tears.
Most of all, it reassures them that it's not the end of everything . . . and that Something Wonderful can always happen again.
"When your something wonderful becomes something dead, having a backyard funeral helps when everything feels awful and the words don't come."--Back cover.
A picture book that endeavors to help children in their understanding and acceptance of the death of a pet, providing step-by-step advice for burying, reminiscing, and grieving.