Review By JESSICA ALMY For a recent family movie night, I settled down with my kiddo and husband (and a big bowl of popcorn) to watch the 2012 Tim Burton flick “Frankenweenie.” Spoofing on Frankenstein, the plot revolves around a boy’s loss of his dog, his quest to revive his faithful companion, and the mayhem […]
Entries Tagged as 'Death of a Pet'
Frankenweenie (2012)
May 2nd, 2014 · No Comments · Movies
Tags: Companion Animals·Death·Death of a Pet·Dogs·Family Films·Family Movies·Loss·Older Elementary·Tim Burton
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
August 20th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Kiddo and I read this book together over the summer. I never expected how much I would enjoy the narrator, Oona, and how I’d be drawn into the plot. Now that we’re done, I can say without hesitation that The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook ranks among my favorite chapter books […]
Tags: Cats·Chapter Books·Death·Death of a Pet·Family·Grief·Humor·Joanne Rocklin·Older Elementary·Puberty
Moose n’ Me
March 5th, 2013 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN I offer it [this book] to those parents struggling to find a way to console a distraught child who may have lost that closest of all best friends, the beloved pet. I sincerely hope this will make the tears ease a little sooner and bring a smile to all your […]
Tags: Carolyn M. Mullin·Companion Animals·Death of a Pet·Dogs·Early Elementary·Joshua Nash·Kenny Loggins·Loss·Preschoolers
Six Is So Much Less Than Seven
June 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Six Is So Much Less Than Seven is the thoughtful story of an older farmer with six affectionate cats. The book opens with all of them rising together, heading out to milk the farm’s cow and then moving on to the occupations of the day. It is clear that the farmer […]
Tags: Cats·Companion Animals·Cows·Death·Death of a Pet·Early Elementary·Farm·Jennifer Gannett·Loss·Preschoolers·Ronald Himler