If I'd known this was gonna be a dead dog book I would not have read it.

[conuly]

I don't care if it does honor the author's dead dog and also Filipino belief that sometimes animals will get sick or die to protect their beloved human, you gotta warn a reader! Especially in kids books, and no, I don't care what longstanding children's book tradition states on that front.

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Click it!

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Comments

[calimac]

Side streets? Forgotten names? I was out in the Shenandoah Valley not long ago, where you can take Stonewall Jackson Road to The Stonewall Jackson Highway, past Stonewall Jackson High School, The Stonewall Jackson Hotel and the attached Stonewall Jackson Conference Center.

[conuly]

If they just take out the "Jackson" they can all pretend they're simply dedicated to gay rights.

[flamingsword]

😄😂😭

[adafrog]

OMG!!!

[sallymn]

One of the classic Australian children's books I still recall vividly ended with bushfires and the little girl MC's horse being killed (I'm NOT going to provide more detail, be assured). I have never quite gotten over it... brilliant book and yes, I'd recommend it for older kids but only with some sort of warnings.

[smokingboot]

Yeah, I need the reading so I don't go any further. If the beastie dies, I don't care if it's for the good of the human. I 'm out.