Don't get the book covers reference. Parents both educators. I did read and still read a lot to this day. Books, periodicals, and even ones with characters with moustaches
interestin g idea, its been known for hundreds of years that asome dogs and cats can predict via smell if someone they are attached to is going to die.
There was a nursing home that had a resident cat. The cat would occasionally cuddle up with someone and they would die within 24 hours. A grim reaper cat.