Barney was a cat. He died last Friday. And everyone was sad. They did what most people do when a cat they like dies. They had a funeral. And then they tried to think of good things about him. They wanted to remember him as he was; and they thought about some other things, too. Whenever a cat dies, or a dog, or a bird, or any friend, it can be a little like this story about Barney. Since dying is as usual as living, it's good to know about him.

 

There are 25 pages in this book. This book was published 1971 by Simon & Schuster .

Judith Viorst is the author of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day , among other books for children and adults. She is also a newspaper columnist who frequently writes for The New York Times and the Washington Post . She lives in Washington, D. C.