Book
The day Tiger Rose said goodbye / by Jane Yolen ; illustrated by Jim LaMarche.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780375866630 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0375866639 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780375966637 (hardcover library binding)
- ISBN: 0375966633 (hardcover library binding)
- Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Children's Books, 2011.
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| Subject: | Cats > Fiction. Death > Fiction. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covington Branch | E YOLEN J (Text) | 33126017592399 | Easy | Available | - |
| Independence Branch | E YOLEN J (Text) | 33126017592407 | Easy | Available | - |
- School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2011 August
K-Gr 2âA poetic picture book about a cat that knows she is at the end of her life. Tiger Rose is old and hurting, and she senses that the time has come for her to leave. No catastrophic event harkens her death, just a natural instinct to go off by herself. It's this sense of nature taking its course that is very soothing and makes the death acceptable to readers. Mirroring the soft tone of Yolen's text are LaMarche's light-filled pastel illustrations. Both elements have an ethereal quality to them, which suggests that this is a celebration of the cat's life as she exits peacefully and with dignity. "She never once looked back as she climbed away from life, leaving her old and tired body behindâ¦.now part of the earth, the air, the sky, the sunâAnd all." Children who are experiencing loss will find this book a comfort. Pair it with Judith Viorst's The Tenth Good Thing About Barney (Atheneum, 1971) and Bill Cochran's The Forever Dog (HarperCollins, 2007) for reassurance that death is a natural part of life.âJoan Kindig, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
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