A First Look At: The Death of a Pet: I Miss My Pet

A beautifully illustrated and reassuring picture book that explores the issue of the death of a pet in a simple but realistic way. The worries and questions surrounding this difficult experience are made accessible and approachable, helping children to deal with their grief and come to terms with their feelings.

The superb A First Look At series consists of a number of reassuring picture books that give advice and promote interaction between children, parents, and teachers on a wide variety of personal, social, and emotional issues.

Notes for parents and teachers at the back of the book provide valuable advice on how to share this book with your child or class.

Suitable for Key Stage 1 (ages 5-7), occasional prompts throughout the text provide opportunities to discuss the issues being raised.

Written by a trained psychotherapist, journalist, and parent, and illustrated by an experienced children's book artist, this book is part of an acclaimed and successful, long-running series of picture-book non-fiction books for Early Years. Books in the series give advice and promote interaction between children, parents, and teachers on a wide variety of personal, social, and emotional issues. They are excellent tools for teachers to use during classroom discussions.