Black Dog

The story of a black dog and a girl called Christina who are best friends. They have great fun together until one day Christina starts dreaming about a beautiful blue bird and forgets to play with Black Dog. Eventually he manages to get her attention by pretending to be the blue bird flying up in the trees; only when he falls and hurts himself does Christina realise how much she loves him. What a good way of understanding how painful it can be to love and to feel jealous - something small children often need explained. I'm sure this book will help enormously.