Tenth Good Thing about Barney by Judith Viorst
	List Price:   $5.99 Unit Price:   $4.79 You Save:   $1.20 (20%) ISBN-10:   0689712030 ISBN-13:   9780689712036 Publisher:   Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing; Aladdin Edition:   Reprint, illustrated Category:   Picture Books, Beginning Readers Pub. Date:   September 1987 Pages:   32 Format:   Trade Paper Ages:   4 to 8 Grades:   ps to 3
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Description/Notes
In an attempt to overcome his grief, a boy tries to think of the ten best things about his dead cat. At a backyard funeral, a little boy tries to think of 10 good things to say about his cat, Barney-but can come up with only 9. My cat Barney died this Friday. I was very sad. My mother said we could have a funeral for him, and I should think of ten good things about Barney so I could tell them...But the small boy who loved Barney can only think of nine. Later, while talking with his father, he discovers the tenth -- and begins to understand. Judith Viorst is the author of many classic books for children, including Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, If I Were in Charge of the World ... and Other Worries, and I'll Fix Anthony. All are available in Aladdin editions. Erik Blegvad is the distinguished illustrator of, among other books, The Three Little Pigs, The Winter Bear, and Anna Banana and Me. 'In simple phrases narrated by a child whose cat, Barney, has just died, the author succinctly and honestly handles both the emotions stemming from the loss of a beloved pet and the questions about the finality of death which naturally arise in such a situation. . . . An unusually good book that handles a difficult subject straightforwardly'.--The Horn Book.