The Day We Lost Pet - by Chuck Young & Aniela Sobieski (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><i>The Day We Lost Pet</i> provides kids and their adults a unique, nonreligious way to discuss death and grief with the story of a balloon family's loss of their beloved Pet.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>Oddest Books of 2018 List--Betsy Bird, <i>School Library Journal</i></b></p><p><b>Part creation myth, part fairy tale, <i>The Day We Lost Pet</i> tells the story of a balloon family that comes together to mourn the death of their beloved Pet.</b></p> <p>These endearing balloon characters harness the language of poetry, science, and nature in order to understand some of life's most difficult moments. For anyone who has lost a beloved pet family member, this is an imaginative resource to help with explaining loss and the feelings of grief.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>★ "This supremely tender book is one that readers will return to again and again, if they can bear it, finding new meaning with each reading and in each new stage of life. <b>Breathtakingly original.</b>" --<b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b>, starred review</p><br><br><p>"A good strange children's book makes you want to return to it over and over again. Sometimes, because with each subsequent reading you get something out of it. Sometimes, because you didn't quite get it the first time. Sometimes both. Chalk this one up in the 'both' field." --Betsy Bird, <b> <i>School Library Journal</i></b>, Oddest Books of 2018</p><br><br><p>"Young can be irreverent, but <i>The Day We Lost Pet</i> is a beautiful story and it's brilliantly illustrated by Sobieski...a beautiful, if tragic, discussion on love and loss, life and death." --<b><i>Worcester Magazine</i></b></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Chuck Young</b> was in a touring emo band in the early 2000s and, more recently, managing editor of theEEEL by tNY.Press (a channel of the Los Angeles Review of Books). He has published short fiction and poetry in various journals online and in print. This is his first book. He lives and dads in his hometown of Clinton, Massachusetts.</p><p><b>Aniela Sobieski</b> is an artist from Minnesota. She earned a BFA in painting from the University of Wisconsin--Madison and an MFA from Syracuse University. Her artwork has been exhibited and collected both nationally and internationally. The Day We Lost Pet is her debut as a children's book illustrator. She lives with her husband and two-year-old daughter in Saint Paul.</p>
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