Cass, the advice columnist Carolyn Hax always recommends Lifetimes [link] as a book to explain death to kids. If that doesn't work, then maybe some of the "also viewed" links will help.
Walking I get. But power walking? Why not just run for a shorter time?
Angel ,'Time Bomb'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Sparky1 - Dec 10, 2013 9:30:49 am PST #21722 of 28370
Librarian Warlord
Sophia Brooks - Dec 10, 2013 9:55:17 am PST #21723 of 28370
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Ok, just reading the description of the 10th Good Thing About Barney made me tear up.
Fred Rogers has a book called When a Pet Dies: [link]
Jesse - Dec 10, 2013 10:23:28 am PST #21724 of 28370
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Seriously, it was the worst -- she gave it to me some time in the couple of weeks after he died, which included Christmas, my birthday, and New Year's. Actually, maybe it was NYE and that is half of why I couldn't go out that night.
sj - Dec 10, 2013 12:19:57 pm PST #21725 of 28370
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
My diamond shoes are too tight. I have to click on each of my 450 kindle books individually to download them to the device and then put it back on it's correct shelf.
beekaytee - Dec 10, 2013 12:52:01 pm PST #21726 of 28370
Compassionately intolerant
I found this list at The Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement . (scroll down)
I don't recognize any of the titles.
The best book anyone gave me when Bartleby died was Going Home by Jon Katz. It's obviously not for kids but it really helped me.
Gris - Dec 10, 2013 3:36:13 pm PST #21727 of 28370
Hey. New board.
When I bought Eleanor and Park, I got a promotional code that let me get four more YA books for $0.99 each. So I now have two books in an urban fantasy series I don't know called Guards of the Shadowlands, Kiss and Make Up, and Nickel Plated, plus Eleanor and Park itself, for a grand total of $7. Not bad! Even if only one of those four turns out to be enjoyable, it's a worthwhile deal. (I'm going to assume E&P is great cuz y'all are trustworthy).
Cass - Dec 10, 2013 3:38:33 pm PST #21728 of 28370
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Ah, thank you. I will look through those. I'm thinking you can't go too wrong with Mr Rogers when caring is the topic.
Man, losing pets is trauma. And that little boy was pure stoic until he just started crying and, ugh, my heart.
hippocampus - Dec 12, 2013 3:55:32 am PST #21729 of 28370
not your mom's socks.
I posted a list of favorite books & short stories from 2013 this morning, though I know I missed a bunch. I don't know if I can keep publishing this list. My nerves. My heart. [link]
Vonnie K - Dec 13, 2013 5:33:41 am PST #21730 of 28370
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Anne W. - Dec 13, 2013 6:04:02 am PST #21731 of 28370
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I hope they go with talented semi-knowns, rather than someone with Hiddleston-level recognition. I kind of dread fandom reaction if a fandom darling gets cast.