This book by Rylant does a wonderful job of explaining that everyone's pet will die sooner or later. This book is creative because it says God created dog heaven so dogs can eat ice cream biscuits and sleep on fluffy clouds. There are also "angel children" because God knows dogs love little kids!

This would be a good book for a child who has experienced the death of one of their animals. It shows the happy things dogs experience after they have passed away. This could help a child cope with the death. It is also a very simple book to read that could be used in k-5 or 1st grade.

This book gave me so much comfort to read when my dog died. I hope there is a wonderful dog heaven pictured like this with bones, and treats, and soft beds for our dogs when they die. Great illustrations! ( )

Lets kids think and imagine. ( )

This story is perfect to read at any for when a family loses a family pet. It gives a positive outlook to what happens when the animal passes away. I believe that there is also a version for cats.