Dog Is My Co-Pilot

Categories: Staff Picks , Nonfiction , Children's Books

This past weekend, I was looking at my mom’s September/October issue of The Bark magazine and saw     a dog on the front cover that looked quite similar to our late family dog, Daisy.  This dog had the same cute black-and-white face and was also a mix of Beagle and Border Collie, a fact I soon discovered as I turned the page and read the Editor’s Note.

The dog’s name was Nellie, and the owners are the founders of The Bark.  Nellie sadly died of cancer this summer, but pictures of her can be seen in this issue and on the front cover of Dog is My Co-Pilot: Great Writers on the World’s Oldest Friendship, a touching anthology of dog writing compiled by the editors of The Bark magazine.

When our dog Daisy died of cancer, a good friend made a Pet Memorial Fund donation to the library, which was used to purchase a dog book to remember her.  And if your child is grieving the loss of a four-legged friend, I highly recommend the tender children’s book Dog Heaven by Cynthia Rylant.