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FROM: "Colcord, Lisa" <[removed]@GLENDALEAZ.com>
REC'D: 1/22/05, 5:13 PM

I am an avid animal and dog lover and I love to read books that
feature dogs prominently. BUT, I can't take reading the books where
the dog dies. I've been wanting to read this one, but only if the
dog doesn't die at the end! Has anyone read it and can you let me
know if it is "safe?"

Thanks!
Lisa

Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public library
Glendale, AZ

....my views are my own....

"We could, for example, have pointed out that Darwin's theory of
evolution explains how lower life forms can evolve into higher ones,
which in turn makes it entirely reasonable that a human should evolve
into an orangutan (while remaining a librarian since there is no higher
life form than a librarian)."

Terry Pratchett
The Science of Discworld

FROM: Ellen Ruffin <[removed]@bellsouth.net>
REC'D: 1/22/05, 6:04 PM

It IS safe, Lisa!

Ellen Ruffin

On 1/22/05 5:05 PM, "Colcord, Lisa" <[removed]@GLENDALEAZ.com> wrote:

> I am an avid animal and dog lover and I love to read books that
> feature dogs prominently. BUT, I can't take reading the books where
> the dog dies. I've been wanting to read this one, but only if the
> dog doesn't die at the end! Has anyone read it and can you let me
> know if it is "safe?"
>
> Thanks!
> Lisa
>
>
>
> Lisa Colcord
> Librarian
> Glendale Public library
> Glendale, AZ
>
> ....my views are my own....
>
> "We could, for example, have pointed out that Darwin's theory of
> evolution explains how lower life forms can evolve into higher ones,
> which in turn makes it entirely reasonable that a human should evolve
> into an orangutan (while remaining a librarian since there is no higher
> life form than a librarian)."
>
> Terry Pratchett
> The Science of Discworld
>
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org
>

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 1/22/05, 6:10 PM

In a message dated 1/22/2005 6:56:42 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@bellsouth.net writes:
It IS safe, Lisa!

Ellen Ruffin
This group rocks! I also have a friend who won't read the book or watch the
movie if the dog dies.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: "Glenda Cross" <[removed]@cpinternet.com>
REC'D: 1/22/05, 9:33 PM

Lisa,

It is safe, and you will love it. I heard Kate Dicamillo speak last year.
The audience included many children(I didn't wait in line to get my book
signed). The lady sitting next to me was in her 80s, so this book is
admired by a wide variety of age levels!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colcord, Lisa" <[removed]@GLENDALEAZ.com>
To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 5:05 PM
Subject: Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

> I am an avid animal and dog lover and I love to read books that
> feature dogs prominently. BUT, I can't take reading the books where
> the dog dies. I've been wanting to read this one, but only if the
> dog doesn't die at the end! Has anyone read it and can you let me
> know if it is "safe?"
>
> Thanks!
> Lisa
>
>
>
> Lisa Colcord
> Librarian
> Glendale Public library
> Glendale, AZ
>
> ....my views are my own....
>
> "We could, for example, have pointed out that Darwin's theory of
> evolution explains how lower life forms can evolve into higher ones,
> which in turn makes it entirely reasonable that a human should evolve
> into an orangutan (while remaining a librarian since there is no higher
> life form than a librarian)."
>
> Terry Pratchett
> The Science of Discworld
>
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org
>
>

FROM: Christine Eldred <[removed]@gmail.com>
REC'D: 1/23/05, 11:38 AM

I think sometimes writers want to bring the drama and pathos of death
into a story but they don't want to deal with implications and
complications of killing off a human character so they use an animal
character instead. This really bugs me. It's a real cheap shot, not
to mention lazy writing. I gently protested this to someone in a
writing group once who wrote a short story about a flood in which the
only character that dies is the faithful old family dog. He just sort
of blinked at me....I don't think he understood why it irked me. I
think it has something to do with all those horrid books & movies one
is forced to experience as a kid where the innocent animal is
destroyed--Old Yeller, Bambi, The Yearling, etc. ~shudder, shudder~

Christine

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:05:29 -0700, Colcord, Lisa
<[removed]@glendaleaz.com> wrote:
> I am an avid animal and dog lover and I love to read books that
> feature dogs prominently. BUT, I can't take reading the books where
> the dog dies. I've been wanting to read this one, but only if the
> dog doesn't die at the end! Has anyone read it and can you let me
> know if it is "safe?"
>
> Thanks!
> Lisa
>
> Lisa Colcord
> Librarian
> Glendale Public library
> Glendale, AZ
>
> ....my views are my own....
>
> "We could, for example, have pointed out that Darwin's theory of
> evolution explains how lower life forms can evolve into higher ones,
> which in turn makes it entirely reasonable that a human should evolve
> into an orangutan (while remaining a librarian since there is no higher
> life form than a librarian)."
>
> Terry Pratchett
> The Science of Discworld
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org
>
>

FROM: "Colcord, Lisa" <[removed]@GLENDALEAZ.com>
REC'D: 1/23/05, 2:25 PM

Thank you all SO much for answering this one! I was about a third of the
way through the book, and I had fallen in love with Winn-Dixie, when
suddenly I realized that I couldn't take it if something happened to
him! I was going to just put the book back if it wasn't safe and avoid
the movie. Now I don't have to!

Thanks again!
Lisa

Lisa Colcord
Outreach Librarian
Glendale Public Library
Glendale, Az

Petulia liked animals, especially pigs, because they had wobbly noses.
Tiffany quite liked animals too, but no one except other animals liked
animals as much as Petulia.

Terry Pratchett
A Hat Full of Sky
page 102

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Christine Eldred
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 10:31 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

I think sometimes writers want to bring the drama and pathos of death
into a story but they don't want to deal with implications and
complications of killing off a human character so they use an animal
character instead. This really bugs me. It's a real cheap shot, not to
mention lazy writing. I gently protested this to someone in a writing
group once who wrote a short story about a flood in which the only
character that dies is the faithful old family dog. He just sort of
blinked at me....I don't think he understood why it irked me. I think
it has something to do with all those horrid books & movies one is
forced to experience as a kid where the innocent animal is
destroyed--Old Yeller, Bambi, The Yearling, etc. ~shudder, shudder~

Christine

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:05:29 -0700, Colcord, Lisa
<[removed]@glendaleaz.com> wrote:
> I am an avid animal and dog lover and I love to read books that
> feature dogs prominently. BUT, I can't take reading the books where
> the dog dies. I've been wanting to read this one, but only if the dog
> doesn't die at the end! Has anyone read it and can you let me know if
> it is "safe?"
>
> Thanks!
> Lisa
>
> Lisa Colcord
> Librarian
> Glendale Public library
> Glendale, AZ
>
> ....my views are my own....
>
> "We could, for example, have pointed out that Darwin's theory of
> evolution explains how lower life forms can evolve into higher ones,
> which in turn makes it entirely reasonable that a human should evolve
> into an orangutan (while remaining a librarian since there is no
> higher life form than a librarian)."
>
> Terry Pratchett
> The Science of Discworld
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives? Everything
> Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org
>
>

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 1/23/05, 2:41 PM

When I was first writing short stories, my editor at Woman's World wrote an
article in Writer's Digest. Her counsel to writers: "Never lead with a dead
dog." (In other words - don't take that cheap shot at pathos by killing off the
family pet.) And of course, there are authors - even romance authors - who
kill off a beloved character in an effort to engage the reader's emotions.
Sigh.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian

In a message dated 1/23/2005 12:32:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@gmail.com writes:
I think sometimes writers want to bring the drama and pathos of death
into a story but they don't want to deal with implications and
complications of killing off a human character so they use an animal
character instead. This really bugs me. It's a real cheap shot, not
to mention lazy writing. I gently protested this to someone in a
writing group once who wrote a short story about a flood in which the
only character that dies is the faithful old family dog. He just sort
of blinked at me....I don't think he understood why it irked me. I
think it has something to do with all those horrid books & movies one
is forced to experience as a kid where the innocent animal is
destroyed--Old Yeller, Bambi, The Yearling, etc. ~shudder, shudder~

Christine

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:05:29 -0700, Colcord, Lisa
<[removed]@glendaleaz.com> wrote:
> I am an avid animal and dog lover and I love to read books that
> feature dogs prominently. BUT, I can't take reading the books where
> the dog dies. I've been wanting to read this one, but only if the
> dog doesn't die at the end! Has anyone read it and can you let me
> know if it is "safe?"
>
> Thanks!
> Lisa
>
> Lisa Colcord
> Librarian
> Glendale Public library
> Glendale, AZ
>
> ....my views are my own....
>
> "We could, for example, have pointed out that Darwin's theory of
> evolution explains how lower life forms can evolve into higher ones,
> which in turn makes it entirely reasonable that a human should evolve
> into an orangutan (while remaining a librarian since there is no higher
> life form than a librarian)."
>
> Terry Pratchett
> The Science of Discworld
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org
>
>

FROM: "Sprague, Lisa" <[removed]@enfield.org>
REC'D: 1/24/05, 8:32 AM

There is a great book "No More Dead Dogs" by Gordon Korman that deals
exactly with your and my problem. It seems I spent lots of elementary
school crying....Old Yeller...Where the Red Fern
Grows...Sounder...Cujo...(oops! that one was junior high!)

-----Original Message-----
From: Ellen Ruffin [[removed]@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 7:07 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

It IS safe, Lisa!

Ellen Ruffin

On 1/22/05 5:05 PM, "Colcord, Lisa" <[removed]@GLENDALEAZ.com> wrote:

> I am an avid animal and dog lover and I love to read books that
> feature dogs prominently. BUT, I can't take reading the books where
> the dog dies. I've been wanting to read this one, but only if the dog
> doesn't die at the end! Has anyone read it and can you let me know if
> it is "safe?"
>
> Thanks!
> Lisa
>
>
>
> Lisa Colcord
> Librarian
> Glendale Public library
> Glendale, AZ
>
> ....my views are my own....
>
> "We could, for example, have pointed out that Darwin's theory of
> evolution explains how lower life forms can evolve into higher ones,
> which in turn makes it entirely reasonable that a human should evolve
> into an orangutan (while remaining a librarian since there is no
> higher life form than a librarian)."
>
> Terry Pratchett
> The Science of Discworld
>
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives? Everything
> Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org
>

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