SUMMARY: In an attempt to overcome his grief, a boy tries to think of the ten best things about his dead cat.

Lulu's parents refuse to give in when she demands a brontosaurus for her birthday and so she sets out to find her own, but while the brontosaurus she finally meets approves of pets, he does not intend to be Lulu's.

Based on the real-life Gus and Ida of New York's Central Park Zoo, this is the story of a polar bear who grieves over the loss of his companion.

Recounts the events of a day when everything goes wrong for Alexander. Suggested level: junior, primary.

Neighborhood children imaginatively stage funerals for dead bugs, but they experience real sadness following the death of a pet.