Bibliography
If you know of a published work of fiction and/or non-fiction that represents or explores the theme of pet burial, including burial with human companions, please send the citation and we’ll place it on the correct list.
Note: Publications listed have not all been vetted – please add your comments/reviews below. Works included may not represent the philosophy of the Green Pet-Burial Society in either nonfiction (e.g., digging in ancient cemeteries or mummification) or fiction categories, yet may contribute to our understanding of the roles that pets play in our lives cross-culturally and throughout time.
Nonfiction
Cole, Brigitte F. and Phillip E. Koerper. 2002. The domestication of the dog in general–and dog burial research in the southeastern United States. Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science. 73(4): 174(6).
Gates of Heaven. DVD. Directed by Errol Morris. 1978. Los Angeles, CA: MGM Home Entertainment, 2005.
Howell, Philip. 2002. A Place for the Animal Dead: Pets, pet cemeteries and animal ethics in late Victorian Britain. Ethics, Place and Environment 5(1):5-22.
Ikram, Salima, ed. 2006. Beloved Beasts: Animal Mummies from Ancient Egypt. New York: The American University in Cairo Press.
——-. 2005. Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt. New York: The American University in Cairo Press.
Kenney, E. 2004. Pet funerals and animal graves in Japan. Mortality 9:42-60.
Morey, D. F. 2006. Burying key evidence: the social bond between dogs and people. Journal of Archeological Science. 33(2): 158-175.
——- 2010. Dogs: Domestication and the Development of a Social Bond. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Fiction
King, Stephen. 1983. Pet Sematary. Garden City, NY: Doubleday.
Children’s Literature (older readers)
Children’s Literature (middle readers)
Cooney, Doug and Tony DiTelizzi (illustrator). 2002. Beloved Dearly: Requiem for Fluffy. New York: Simon & Shuster Children’s Publishing Division. (ages 9-12)
Children’s Literature (younger readers)
Demas, Corrine and Ard Hoyt, illustrator. 2009. Saying Goodbye to Lulu. New York: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (ages 4-8)
Harris, Robie H. and Jan Ormerod, illustrator. 2004. Goodbye Mousie. New York: Alladin (ages 2-4)
Hill, Frances and Vera Rosenberry, illustrator. 2002. The Bug Cemetery. New York: Henry Hold and Co. (ages 4-8)
Viorst, Judith and Erik Blegvad, illustrator. 1987. The Tenth Good Thing About Barney. New York: Atheneum (ages 4-8)
Wilhem, Hans. 1988. I’ll Always Love You. New York: Dragonfly Books (ages 4-8)
updated March 24, 2012
