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Just Like Heaven: A Mutts Children's Book

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This is a simple, beautiful, and touching story. 'Just like heaven' is all about appreciating what is here and now. I read it yesterday for the first time and it lifted my spirits after a long day at work. I'm giving it to my friends and family for Christmas. It can be read on many different levels. Children will love it - but adults will love it even more. Enjoy!

Patrick McDonnell has done it again! Just Like Heaven reaches into your soul and tugs at your heartstrings with a message as soft as kitten toes and puppy kisses. Most people these days are in a fog by being too plugged in to marvel at the beauty and goodness that surrounds them. This sweet, simple masterpiece will help teach our children and feed our inner children. Giving the gift of Mutts has become a family tradition that I will continue for years to come.

I loved this book...I also have the "Gift Of Nothing" and the rest of the Mutts comic strip books. What can I say, I'm a HUGE Patrick McDonnell fan. This book was cute, simple, and easy to understand. It wasn't as good as The Gift of Nothing, but if you are a MUTTS fan, it will not disappoint. However, the lesson in this book may be a bit advanced for very young ones....I would suggest it for 7+. I however, bought it strictly for my enjoyment/collection and I'm well over 7.

I'm sure I sound like a broken record, but Patrick McDonnell is the next Charles Schulz. Mooch and Earl and the rest of the gang never fail to give an endearing, cheerful, often funny view of the tender issues that face our furry friends as well as the world at large. I have converted many, many folks into Mutts fans - and I give this particular book "Just Like Heaven" to every child I know. Birthdays, Easter, Christmas, and for no occasion at all other than I love them, and I love Mutts.

Very sweet and simple story, room for the imagination to go on. Beautiful artwork, on nice thick pages. A kids favorite.

It's a story of a little cat waking up under his favorite tree, the land covered in fog. The story takes him through regular places he likes to go and he appreciates things with other senses.

I adore this book! It's simply drawn yet the message is so profound. Read this and think about how you can make your own world heaven on earth. Makes a wonderful, thoughtful gift for all your loved ones, children and adults alike!

As a children's librarian, I am always on the lookout for new books that will get kids involved. This one is such a book!

As I read it to a rowdy bunch of 1st graders, you could almost feel the "quiet" enter the room as they looked and listened to what heaven may really be like. By the time we got to "hug time" they were so enthralled that with just a little bit of direction, we had a huge group hug and laugh together.

As I read it later to 4th graders, they were more interested in talking about their own ideas of heaven and perfect days, but they agreed that sometimes it is nice to just take a nap and wake up wanting to hug someone.

This would be a wonderful book to just have around to remind yourself that heaven is not made up of possessions, but of people (and animals).

I love the Mutts comic books and Mooch and Earl share their outlook on life in "Just Like Heaven". A sweet book no matter what the age. Any place can be "just like heaven". My favorite of the short stories from the creator of Mutts.

This is a regular baby-shower gift I buy, since it invariably delights everyone who reads it. The pictures are charming, the story is wonderful, and it's a (visually) lovely book. I keep a copy on my own shelf, just because I love to occasionally thumb through it. One definitely doesn't need to be an animal lover (although I expect animal lovers will universally love this book) to appreciate the illustrations and simplicity of the story. Highly recommended to young and old.

I love Mutts and I love this little book! I purchased the first one for me but ended up giving it to a friend who was having her first baby. I purchased a second one for me but I'm sure it too will end up as a gift some day and I'll have to buy another one. I think it's a purrrrfect story to read to the little ones and it's a story that helps all of us remember just how wonderful life is.