Comments on: Top 5 Most Depressing Children’s Books http://readsforkeeps.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/top-5-depressing-childrens-books/ never too old for a well-told yarn Fri, 24 May 2013 10:29:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Lisa Song http://readsforkeeps.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/top-5-depressing-childrens-books/#comment-56 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:43:09 +0000 http://readsforkeeps.wordpress.com/?p=486#comment-56 We did consider Stone Fox but ended up choosing Where the Red Fern Grows to represent the sad-animal-deaths genre. That deserves a list all by itself: Old Yeller, The Yearling, The Underneath…

]]> By: Genevieve Petrillo http://readsforkeeps.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/top-5-depressing-childrens-books/#comment-50 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:39:38 +0000 http://readsforkeeps.wordpress.com/?p=486#comment-50 Don’t forget Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner. I hate books where the dog dies, in general, but when the dog dies trying to win a race which will save the farm. Ugh. What happens after the death of Searchlight, is the sad icing on the sad cake.

When I read it to my class of 4th graders, I had to xerox the last chapter and have them read it to themselves. And, yes, I passed out a tissue along with the pages.

]]> By: Pragmatic Mom http://readsforkeeps.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/top-5-depressing-childrens-books/#comment-48 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 23:52:12 +0000 http://readsforkeeps.wordpress.com/?p=486#comment-48 Great list. Can I add Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli?

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