Bibliograph

The beloved dearly, Doug Cooney

Type

Label

The beloved dearly, Doug Cooney

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Ages 8-12

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The beloved dearly

Oclc number

53053180

Responsibility statement

Doug Cooney

Summary

Although his father has forbidden it, Ernie, a twelve-year-old business tycoon, makes a tidy profit in the pet funeral business, but when he refuses to give his star employee a raise and the business starts to fall apart, it takes the death of his own dog to bring everyone back together. Ernie is a twelve-year old tycoon, always on the lookout for a fast buck. This time he stumbles onto a money-making bonanza: pet funerals. He hires Dusty to decorate the burial boxes and Tony to dig the holes, but his prize find is Swimming Pool, a tomboy who can cry on cue. Business goes through the roof until Ernie loses Swimming Pool over a raise and the whole venture unravels. Here is a rollicking, fun-spirited novel about friendship, loss, business, and how we learn to express our feelings

Table Of Contents

Action -- Mister Doggie -- Secret place -- Get to work -- Cat lady -- Whole new Ernie -- Somebody who can cry -- Ding-dang dress -- Garage like home -- Chester playboy bunny -- Poor Betty -- Wail -- Talk salary -- Not like mom -- Punching the clock -- Dead iguana -- Finny and Fanny -- Something pretty -- We meet again -- Out of control -- Unexpected Eden -- Raise, a raise, a raise -- Life without swimming pool -- Business for herself -- Boys don't cry -- Squeak, squeak -- Good-bye sky, Good-bye trees -- Shake it -- Team is back -- Dog with a nice smile

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification