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Aging and Bereavement

Especially for Children

  • CONGALTON, David Three Cats, Two Dogs: One Journey Through Multiple Pet Loss Troutdale: NewSage Press, 2000. Pictorial wraps, 8vo, 175 pages, reading list, resources; foreword by Wallace Sife, PhD. The author is a California radio talk show host and pet columnist. 1st printing. As new condition. $12.95

  • DE WAILLY, Phillippe Votre Vieux Chien Paris: Solar, 1982. Pictorial wraps, 12mo, 64 pages, color photos. French-language guide to all aspects of care for the older dog. Very good condition. $10.00

  • HAMPTON, John K., PhD, and Suzanne H. Hampton, PhD Senior Years: Understanding Your Dog's Aging Process New York: Howell Book House, 1993. Hardcover, 8vo, 236 pages, index, glossary, black-and-white photos and line drawings. 1st edition. As new condition. $18.00

  • HARRIS, Eleanor Pet Loss: A Spiritual Guide St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1997. Wraps, 8vo, 258 pages, glossary, recommended reading, endnotes, list of counseling centers. Includes rituals for final parting from a beloved pet. 1st edition. Very good condition (pages faintly browned). $7.00

  • HEEGAARD, Marge Eaton Saying Goodbye to Your Pet: Children Can Learn to Cope with Pet Loss Minneapolis: Fairview Press, 2001. Illustrated wraps, oblong 8vo, 31 pages. Guidance by a clinical social worker and art therapist in a format designed "to be illustrated by children." Stated 1st edition/1st printing. Near fine condition. $8.00

  • JOHNS, Bud, edited by Old Dogs Remembered San Francisco: Synergistic Press, 1999. Wraps, 8vo, 238 pages; introduction by the editor. Paperback reissue of the fine anthology focusing on writing about older and mourned pets; prose, and some poetry, by the likes of Thurber, Terhune, Pinkwater, Atkinson, Galsworthy, Wainwright, Stanley Bing, E. B. White, Ross Santee, Beth Brown, Ben Hur Lampman, Updike, Burroughs, Ivins, Bromfield, Ruth Pollack Coughlin, and Steve Rubenstein. As new condition. $9.00

  • JONES, Corienne "Corky" Yes, Virginia...There Is a Pet Heaven: Understanding Your Older Dogs and Cats Wilsonville: Doral, 1991. Wraps, 8vo, 144 pages. Offers much practical guidance and comfort. 1st edition. As new condition. $12.95

  • KOWALSKI, Gary Goodbye, Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet Walpole: Stillpoint Publishing, 1997. Wraps, 8vo, 159 pages, bibliography, black-and-white photos. A thoughtful guide, with suggested readings for a pet memorial service. 8th printing. As new condition. $8.00

  • LEE, Laura and Martyn Absent Friend: Coping with the Loss of a Treasured Pet High Wycombe (U.K.): Henston, 1992. Wraps, 12mo, 141 pages. Good discussion of what to tell children about a pet's death. 1st edition. As new condition. $6.95

  • LITTLE, Geoff Care of the Older Dog London: J. A. Allen (Allen Photographic Guides no. 7), 2000. Pictorial wraps, 8vo, 24 pages, color photos. Guidance by a British veterinarian specializing in canine geriatrics on the aging dog's senses, feeding, exercise, behavior, and health care. Profusely illustrated. Very good condition. $12.00

  • NIEBURG, Herbert A., PhD, and Arlene Fischer Pet Loss: A Thoughtful Guide for Adults and Children New York: HarperCollins, 1996. Wraps, 8vo, 151 pages, index, bibliography. A classic. 1st thus. Very good condition (pages faintly browned). $10.00
    ---- Pet Loss: A Thoughtful Guide for Adults & Children New York: Harper & Row, 1982. Cloth, 8vo, 155 pages, index. 1st edition. Good condition (slightly rolled), in good dust jacket. $12.00

  • OLSON, Marsha, MA Dogwood & Catnip: Living Tributes to Pets We Have Loved and Lost Minneapolis: Fairview Press, 2003. Pictorial wraps, 8vo, 161 pages, black-and-white photos. Guidance from a grief counselor and gardening professional; features of this attractive book include facts and comments on plants "selected for their special significance for memorializing a pet." Stated 1st printing. As new condition. $15.00

  • SIFE, Wallace, PhD The Loss of a Pet New York: Howell Book House, 1993. Hardcover, 8vo, 164 pages, black-and-white photos. Original edition of a classic book on coping with the death of a dog or other animal companion. Topics include euthanasia and the special needs of grieving children. 2d printing. As new condition. $14.00

  • VARIOUS AUTHORS Dog Tales: Lessons in Love from Guideposts Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995. Wraps, 8vo, 96 pages; foreword by Marjorie Holmes. Christian perspective. As new condition. $7.00

    Especially for Children

  • ADOFF, Arnold The Return of Rex and Ethel New York: Harcourt, 2000. Illustrated hardcover, 4to, dust jacket, unpaginated (40 pages); illustrated by Catherine Deeter. Rex and Ethel, who resemble a Boston terrier and a pug, are uniquely memorialized by the young girls whose dogs they were. Vivid artwork; for ages 6 to 9. 1st edition. As new condition. $16.00

  • DiSALVO-RYAN, DyAnne A Dog Like Jack New York: Holiday House, 1999. Cloth (gilt-stamped spine), 4to, dust jacket, unpaginated (32 pages); illustrated by the author. Moving tale of a little boy's love for a big shaggy brown dog, and what a dog's death means to family life. Picture book for children aged 4 to 8, with an afterword by Kathleen Dunn, MSW, on helping children face the loss of pets. 1st edition. As new condition. $16.00

  • HEEGAARD, Marge Eaton Saying Goodbye to Your Pet: Children Can Learn to Cope with Pet Loss Minneapolis: Fairview Press, 2001. Illustrated wraps, oblong 8vo, 31 pages. Guidance by a clinical social worker and art therapist in a format designed "to be illustrated by children." Stated 1st edition/1st printing. Near fine condition. $8.00

  • RYLANT, Cynthia Dog Heaven New York: Blue Sky/Scholastic, 1995. Illustrated hardcover, 4to, dust jacket, 32 pages; illustrated by the author. A colorful and consoling vision of heaven for dogs, suitable for all ages. 10th printing. As new condition. $15.95

  • WILHELM, Hans I'll Always Love You New York: Crown, 1985. Illustrated wraps, oblong 12mo, unpaginated (32 pages); illustrated by the author. A classic; ideal for the youngest children and early readers. The dog Elfie, depicted throughout, resembles a stout red dachshund. 12th printing. As new condition. $5.99

  • ZOLOTOW, Charlotte The Old Dog New York: HarperCollins, 1995. Pictorial hardcover in dust jacket, oblong 8vo, unpaginated (32 pages); paintings by James Ransome. Features a basset hound and a dalmatian; touching artwork highlights this revised and newly illustrated edition. For ages 4 to 8. 2d printing; as new condition; $14.95. A second copy: 2d printing, very good condition (small pucker on free endpaper, slight crease in dust jacket front flap), in very good dust jacket; $12.00

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