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From: Steven Engelfried <sengelfried>
Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 13:59:50 -0700
I enjoyed Doug Cooney's "Beloved Dearly," and I think kids will too. A boy who's always looking for money making schemes finally comes up with a winner: giving secret neighborhood pet funerals. He recruits a coffin maker and a designated
"cryer" and soon has a steady stream of recently deceased critters and their child owners. The narrative has a sort of mock-serious tone that's pretty funny, once you get into it, poking fun at the world of business, and also at death and grieving, then in the end it has some serious messages behind the humor at the end.
Steven Engelfried, Children's Division Librarian Beaverton City Library 12375 SW 5th Street Beaverton, OR 97005 503R6%99 sengelfried at ci.beaverton.or.us
Received on Fri 03 May 2002 03:59:50 PM CDT
Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 13:59:50 -0700
I enjoyed Doug Cooney's "Beloved Dearly," and I think kids will too. A boy who's always looking for money making schemes finally comes up with a winner: giving secret neighborhood pet funerals. He recruits a coffin maker and a designated
"cryer" and soon has a steady stream of recently deceased critters and their child owners. The narrative has a sort of mock-serious tone that's pretty funny, once you get into it, poking fun at the world of business, and also at death and grieving, then in the end it has some serious messages behind the humor at the end.
Steven Engelfried, Children's Division Librarian Beaverton City Library 12375 SW 5th Street Beaverton, OR 97005 503R6%99 sengelfried at ci.beaverton.or.us
Received on Fri 03 May 2002 03:59:50 PM CDT
