Remember Rafferty: A Book About the Death of a Pet for Children of All Ages

A book about the death of a pet. . .for children of all ages. This book is unique because of the scrapbook in the back for children to write down memories of their beloved pet. Rafferty is a family dog that gets very sick. The family makes the difficult decision to end his life. Talks about remembering your pet and grieving the loss.

Customer Reviews:

If your pet has died, you want this

By Chaplain J. Cunningham - December 21, 1999

It's a beautiful book and it helped both me and my children when our dog had to be put down. It's precious and it's helpful. You know you're not alone when you read Rafferty.

Excellent scrapbook and epilogue but ...

By groundless - October 28, 2005

The scrapbook is a really neat feature. The commentary on pages 10 and 11 called "For this important time" which states things like sending a note to school and things like that when the pet dies is also very well written.

The mom's story about the cat dying "in her sleep" bothered me (and contradicted text about not using sleep references on pages 10 and 11). Miss Bertie discusses how someone poisoned her dog when she was 15 and she talked about an old dog who died and then the very old (90)owner died the next day. I think those items could be a little confusing to a young child. As I said though, the epilogue and the scrapbook are WONDERFUL.

Not as advertised

By lorattfn - February 10, 2013

The picture shown is not what I received. The book itself is a good story to use with children who have suffered the loss of a pet. However, the book I received was not the one shown, it was something along the lines of a glorified pamphlet. Very disappointed. This seller should not advertise what they AREN'T selling!