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K-Gr 3—This wordless story begins with a framed image of a girl embracing her dog. In the next spread, she gathers flowers for its burial. Subsequent readings reveal the foreshadowing in these opening compositions. The title's golden hue—echoed in the flowers, necklaces worn by the girl and her father, and more—is the color to follow. After the protagonist tosses a stone across the water during the family's subsequent vacation, the narrative ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Heartbreak turns into healing in this wordless tale about loss, the ways in which we ritualize grief, and the cyclical patterns of life on Earth, no less. A girl and her family bury their beloved dog in the yard, the girl's anguish apparent as she places flowers on the stone covering the burial spot. At the beach, the girl throws a rock into the ocean. ?Dramatically, viewers are then swept back to the time of the dinosaurs, witnessing a meteor strike the Ear...Log In or Sign Up to Read More