Where Do All The Pets Go? A Coloring Book to Help Kids with Pet Loss. - by Erin N Johnson (Paperback)

About the Book

"Where Do All the Pets Go?" is an inclusive coloring book with interactive activities to help children navigate the loss of a beloved animal companion. For children + families to work through together.

Book Synopsis

Where Do All the Pets Go? An inclusive coloring book with interactive activities to help children navigate the loss of a beloved animal companion.

Where Do All the Pets Go? Good Question! One day our pets will leave us, and it's ok to feel sad or mad or even bad. Our pets are our best friends and family, and it's always sad when our family have to go away. Let's read and color all the places they might go and talk about their journey along the way. Are you ready?

So many of us have gone through the journey of loss of a beloved pet when we were younger and really struggled with the sadness and many questions afterwards. Questions maybe our family couldn't or didn't want to answer because lots of us were taught never to talk about death in an open and honest way - let alone about our animal companions.

Sadly there is still so much shame and stigma around pet loss which we hope to change by offering coloring books like "Where Do All the Pets Go?" to help kids understand all the different feelings and questions about this deep loss. For many people, the death of a pet is one of the first significant losses they experience and it sets the tone for how they deal with future losses going forward (and this doesn't even have to be related specifically to death).

We wanted to create an inclusive and easy to follow coloring book for kids age (around 4-10) to walk through the process of losing a pet which will allow children and families to create a dialogue around this really difficult, yet beautiful, process. We believe that the activity of coloring the pages and completing interactive games (with help if needed) will allow children to open up more about their feelings, provide validation, and allow them to ask questions and talk about their pet in a way that makes them feel like they are ok no matter how they are feeling.

There is no shying away from talking about death and labeling it as such with this book. We believe that being honest with children is so important in helping them process the loss, and the many losses they will experience in their lifetime. This book will help set the tone for how they process grief and loss as they continue to grow.

Included:

A place to dedicate the book to your own pets

Coloring book pages

Interactive puzzles

Self-Expression journal page

"Where Do All the Pets Go?" was written and designed by founder of Pet Loss Light and Shop Modern Pet Loss (coming soon), a Pet Loss Grief Support Specialist and Certified Coach, Erin N. Johnson. She is a huge animal lover and supports people going through the difficult, yet beautiful process of losing a pet. The bonds with our animals are so special and it is truly a gift that we get to have them as part of our families, albeit for too short a time.

Review Quotes

"This book really helped my child navigate the loss of our cat in an easy to relate way. Even though the coloring book offered a fun activity despite the serious topic, it allowed me to open up a dialog with my child so they could express their feelings about the loss in a way that I may not have understood if it wasn't for this book." Samantha, Brooklyn

"Wow, ok, so this little book is very thorough in its explanation of feelings in relation to pet loss for kids. It doesn't shy away from the tougher terminology and has some interactive pages that helped my son understand that what he was feeling was ok. Definitely recommend!" Shelby, Seattle

"I really appreciate that this book is inclusive and even has a child in a wheelchair featured so that all kids are represented (and many types of pets). As hard as going through the loss of our rabbit has been, this coloring book really helped." Max, Los Angeles

"Our little one struggled so much over the loss of our parrot. He was having so much trouble understanding where his buddy went after he died. He loved that he could color the pages and that there was a bird featured as a main character. He doesn't question what happened anymore. He also loved the page where he could draw where his friend went... he showed it to all of us and his siblings." Jessie, Detroit