The beloved dearly
By: Doug Cooney
Edition: 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed.
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780689863547
Subjects: Business enterprises; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Pets; Juvenile fiction; Fathers and sons; Fiction
Description: 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.
Notes: Sequel: I know who likes you.

Ages 8-12.
Table of contents: title: Action; title: Mister Doggie; title: Secret place; title: Get to work; title: Cat lady; title: Whole new Ernie; title: Somebody who can cry; title: Ding-dang dress; title: Garage like home; title: Chester playboy bunny; title: Poor Betty; title: Wail; title: Talk salary; title: Not like mom; title: Punching the clock; title: Dead iguana; title: Finny and Fanny; title: Something pretty; title: We meet again; title: Out of control; title: Unexpected Eden; title: Raise, a raise, a raise; title: Life without swimming pool; title: Business for herself; title: Boys don't cry; title: Squeak, squeak; title: Good-bye sky, Good-bye trees; title: Shake it; title: Team is back; title: Dog with a nice smile.