Goodbye Little Dude
Subtitle: a remarkable story of kindness, hope, and love
By: written by Rebecca Trotsky with Marie Smyth ; illustrated by Steve Dansereau
Contributors: Smyth, Marie, author; Dansereau, Steve, illustrator
Published: 2018
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781970002003; 9781970002010
Subjects: Grief; Death; Schools; Turtles as pets; Juvenile fiction; Cancer in children
Description: The true story of seven-year-old Jonathan, a neuroblastoma patient, and the pet turtle he named Little Dude. While Jonathan is unable to care for his beloved turtle on his own, Little Dude thrives under the care of his first grade classmates. Together they all learn that kindness, hope, and love are all part of saying good-bye.
Notes: Subtitle from cover.