Author: Corinne Demas
Title: Saying Goodbye to Lulu
Illustrator: Art Hoyt
Genre: Children's Book
Subgenre: Realistic Fiction
Theme: Morning the lost of a dog.
Primary and secondary characters: Lulu (dog), and Lulu's owner a little girl.
Date of Publication: 2009
Publishing Company: Little, Brown and Company Books for Young Readers
This book is about a dog named Lulu and her owner, who is a little girl. She talks about when Lulu her dog got real old, she could not climb up the stairs anymore. She just waited at the bottom of the stairs. When Lulu could not walk anymore, she would carry her to the grass and feed her with her hands. The little girl is very upset, because she can not make Lulu well anymore. Her parents tell her they will get her another dog when Lulu dies, but she does not want another dog. She wants Lulu to run, jump and swim again. One day Lulu could not even stand anymore. The next day when she comes home from school her mom tells her that Lulu is dead. She was very upset and sad. She planted a cherry tree for Lulu. A year later she gets another dog. She holds the dog and says, "your not Lulu, but I'll love you too."
This book is a good book to share with students, to show them that death is normal and good can come with death.
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