Reviews for Jim's Dog Muffins

The average rating for Jim's Dog Muffins based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-11-07 00:00:00 Rick Lam This is about Jim dealing with the loss of his dog muffins. It is a book that is part of an actual series - it's not just an 'issue' book written to help kids through the grief process or anything like that, although it does explore the subject. You see the various reactions of the students around Jim as well, as they try to help in various ways (some which help more than others). When one girl goes up to Jim with the attitude, basically of "just get over it", he is understandably quite upset, and shoves her away (and off the bench). The teacher discusses this action, and explains that it's not a good way to react even though he's upset. This book is also responsible for the weirdest quote of all the books I've read today (I was going through a box of picture books, deciding which to pass on to my cousins, so I've seen a few... interesting ones.): "Jim's dog got killed by the garbage truck! It was all squished! Jim's not coming to school today." Danny was telling everybody about it.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-10-16 00:00:00 Herbert Vazquez I personally think that this book should be pulled out of every library. Yes it brings up death, but the language and the act of a boy pushing a girl off of a bench is certainly not something that I condone or want to teach my children! Awful book!!