Death of a pet

Death of a Pet

Allan, Nicholas. Heaven HarperFestival 1996. Dill the dog and Lily the human discuss what heaven is really like before Dill goes "up there."
Armstrong, William H. Sounder Illustrated by: Barkley, James. Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read, and with the help of the devoted dog Sounder.
Bawden, Nina Peppermint Pig.
Brodeur, Ruth Wallace: Goodbye Mitch
Buchanan, Jane Gratefully Yours - the death of a cat is a pivotal event, though it's not "what the book is about."
Carrick Lost in the Storm
Carrick The Accident
Carrick The Foundling
Carrick, The Accident Hans Wilhelm
Fox, Mem Tough Boris. Illustrated by: Brown, Kathryn. (1994) Boris von der Borch is a tough pirate, but he cries when his parrot dies.
Garland, Michael. Angel cat
Gipson, Fred Old Yeller.Illustrated by: Burger, Carl. (1956) When a boy's beloved dog contracts rabies, the boy must take action to put the dog out of its misery.
Harris, Robie. Goodbye Mousie
Hass, Jessie. Skipping School
Hewit, Joan. Rosalie
Hughes, Shirley. Alfie and the Birthday Surprise. 1997.
Martin and McCully. LEO THE MAGNIFICAT A lovely book that won the Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award this past year.
Morehead, Debby. A Special Place for Charlee. 1996.
Otsuka, Yuzo Suho and the White Horse : A Legend of Mongolia.Illustrated by: Akaba, Suekichi Translated by: Herring, Ann. The tragic tale of a Mongolian shepherd and his white horse, explaining the origins of the Mongolian horsehead fiddle. (Here, his horse is killed.)
Polikoff, Barbara Garland Life's a Funny Proposition , Horatio (1992) As Horatio tries to adjust to the death of his father from lung cancer, O. P., Horatio's grandfather, mourns the loss of his dog, Mollie.
Provenson Our Animal Friends of Maple Hill Farm. The death of animals is set within the context of living on a farm and a natural part of life's cycle.
Rawls, The Yearling
Rosen, Michael. bonesy and Isabel
Rylant, Cynthia. Dog Heaven. 1995.
Shreve, Susan Richards Family Secrets : Five Very Important Stories. llustrated by: Cuffari, Richard (1979) Eight-year-old Sammy tries to come to terms with several difficult situations including the death of his dog, the divorce of his aunt and uncle, the suicide of his best friend's brother, coping with his terminally ill grandmother, and cheating.
Stanley, Elizabeth: China's Plum Tree
Varley, Susan. I'll always love you
Viorst, Judith: The Tenth Good Thing about Barney
Wilhelm, Hans: I'll Always Love You.
Wynne-Jones, Diane. Dogsbody. Part fantasy, part starkly realistic. The dog doesn't die until near the end of this complex novel, but death is somehow a constant lurking presence throughout the book. I really hate the ability of so many "death of Fluffy" books to pull tears. However, I make an exception of this one which is one of my favourite "pet" books.
Zolotow, Charlotte. The Old Dog. 1995.

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