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The Rainbow Bridge

A Visit to Pet Paradise
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The Rainbow Bridge by Adrian Raeside is a heartwarming children's book that explores the theme of dealing with the loss of a beloved pet. Through beautiful illustrations and gentle storytelling, the book offers comforting ideas of an afterlife where pets joyfully wait for their owners. It’s a tender narrative designed to help children understand and cope with grief.
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This charming story is perfect for children who love tales about friendship and loss, particularly those who have experienced the passing of a beloved pet. It thoughtfully introduces themes of compassion and healing, offering both comfort and understanding through beautiful illustrations and a gentle narrative.

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The Rainbow Bridge

A gently humorous story that is a valuable fable for pet lovers of all ages.

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Adrian Raeside has created a magical tale of adventure for pet lovers of all ages in The Rainbow Bridge. Using his gift for creating spunky characters, Raeside has created a valuable fable for anyone who cherishes the companionship of a family pet.

Seven-year-old Rick and his beloved dog Koko are inseparable. They cavort in the swimming hole, chase each other through the fields, play fetch and wrestle. But their relationship changes as Koko grows old and his health declines.

With Koko's passing, Rick is devastated. But then one night, he is woken by Buster, a flatulent but well-intentioned messenger dog, who suddenly appears at the boy's bedside. Buster ferries Rick to a magical paradise for pets where Rick is reunited with Koko; it fills Rick's heart with joy. It's a place where cats burrow through fields of catnip, no couch is off-limits to dogs and frisbees are flung endlessly. This mysterious adventure is truly a holiday miracle!

Adrian Raeside captures the special bond between humans and their pets, and with marvelous illustrations, brings a gentle humour to a story that will resonate with children and pet lovers of all ages.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781550179422

Publisher: Harbour Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 16 November 2020

Country: Canada

Imprint: Harbour Publishing

Illustration: Color Illustrations

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 167g

Pages: 32

About the Author

Adrian Raeside is the creator of the popular The Other Coast comic strip, which appears in over 200 newspapers. Besides being an editorial cartoonist for over four decades, Raeside is the author of over 20 books, including No Sailing Waits and Other Ferry Tales: 30 Years of BC Ferries Cartoons (Harbour Publishing, 2012), The Rainbow Bridge: A Visit to Pet Paradise (Harbour Publishing, 2012), The Best of Adrian Raeside (Harbour Publishing, 2014) and Tails Don't Lie 2 (Harbour Publishing, 2017). He lives on Vancouver Island, BC.

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