![]() Some books, like the highly skilled Paws + Edward by Espen Dekko and Mari Kanstad Johnsen can touch the heartstrings without getting schmaltzy. ![]() Dead pets in particular offer an interesting challenge. I am of the mindset that there are as many ways to confront the subject as there are stars in the sky. But I guess I wasn’t all that surprised because when it comes to death and children’s literature, people are apt to get a bit wonky. Upon seeing it for the first time her face contorted into a moue of disgust and she proclaimed, in no uncertain terms, “Clearly he has never lost somebody important to him.” Which was (A) not really the point and (B) a clear-cut example of somebody judging a book by its cover and missing out on one of the truly great picture books of that year. ![]() When The Funeral by Matt James was first released, I showed it to a woman I knew at a dinner. ![]()
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