The Beloved Dearly

by Cooney, Doug; DiTerlizzi, Tony

• ISBN13: 9780689863547
• ISBN10: 0689863543
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Summary

Ernie is a twelve-year-old tycoon, always on the lookout for a fast buck. This time he stumbles onto a money-making bonanza: pet funerals. He hires Dusty to decorate the burial boxes and Tony to dig the holes, but his prize find is Swimming Pool, a tomboy who can cry on cue.Business goes through the roof -- until Ernie loses Swimming Pool over a raise and the whole venture unravels. Here is a rollicking, fun-spirited novel about friendship, loss, business -- and how we learn to express our feelings.

Author Biography

Doug Cooney is the author of the middle-grade novels The
Beloved Dearly and I Know Who Likes You. His musical
adaptation of George Saunders's The Very Persistent Gappers of
Frip recently premiered at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles,
produced by the Mark Taper Forum P.L.A.Y. Cooney also teaches songwriting
and collaboration for Voices Within, an educational outreach program of
the Los Angeles Master Chorale. He divides his time between Los Angeles
and South Florida. You can visit him at www.dougcooney.com.

Tony DiTerlizzi is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator who has been creating books for twenty years. From fanciful picture books, such as Jimmy Zangwow’s Out-of-This-World Moon-Pie Adventure and The Spider and the Fly (a Caldecott Honor Book), to fantastic middle grade novels like Kenny & the Dragon and the WondLa trilogy, Tony imbues each story with his rich imagination. He created The Spiderwick Chronicles with Holly Black, which has sold millions of copies around the world. You can learn more about Tony at DiTerlizzi.com.

Table of Contents

The Action	p. 1
Mister Doggie	p. 6
A Secret Place	p. 11
Get to Work	p. 15
Cat Lady	p. 24
A Whole New Ernie	p. 30
Somebody Who Can Cry	p. 37
The Ding-dang Dress	p. 45
A Garage Like Home	p. 54
Chester Playboy Bunny	p. 59
Poor Betty	p. 65
The Wail	p. 71
Talk Salary	p. 76
Not Like Mom	p. 83
Punching the Clock	p. 92
Dead Iguana	p. 97
Finny and Fanny	p. 102
Something Pretty	p. 109
We Meet Again	p. 114
Out of Control	p. 120
An Unexpected Eden	p. 125
A Raise, a Raise, a Raise	p. 128
Life Without Swimming Pool	p. 138
Business for Herself	p. 145
Boys Don't Cry	p. 150
Squeak, Squeak	p. 158
Good-bye Sky, Good-bye Trees	p. 165
Shake It	p. 169
The Team Is Back	p. 174
A Dog with a Nice Smile	p. 180
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