The End of Something Wonderful by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic

It made me tear-up, remembering the pets I’ve lost and anticipating the loss in our future.Īlso, if your child is struggling with loss, another good resource we used when the last dog died was a workbook called I Miss My Pet: A Workbook for Children About Pet Loss by Katie Nurmi, which is a free download.

Outside of these highly helpful and slightly funny sections, t his book offers actual help for a grieving child. (I once had to tell my kid that they couldn’t dig a mouse up to see if it had been reincarnated.) Not only is it rude, but it is also annoying when the Something Dead walks away before the backyard funeral is even over.' 'Don't get excited and try bury something that isn't dead. If you know anything about children, you know the following advice is always useful: The humor is perfectly deployed and never too heavy. The End of Something Wonderful walks the line between serious and reassuring, and light and funny, which I think is much needed. It’s a fine book, but maybe some variety is good, too. When previous animals died I read my kids The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Voirst because that was what I read 30 years ago (ahem, more like 36 years ago) when my pets died. He is still our Something Wonderful, even if he is currently more the lying in a dog bed kind of wonderful than the running around and chewing on sticks kind. I know he is not long for this world, and I also know that my kids will be devastated when he does finally die. I saw this book somewhere in the Twitterverse and preordered it a million years because my dog is old (16) and blind and has tumors and Cushing’s disease. TBR Tuesday: The End of Something Wonderful: A Practical Guide to a Backyard Funeral by Stephanie V.W.

The End of Something Wonderful by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic