Wednesday, 16 September 2015

Grandad's Island - Book Review





Benji Davies
Grandad’s Island
Simon and Schuster, 2015
Paperback
28pp £6.99 ISBN 978-1-4711-1995-8

We’re not going to be able to be there forever for our loved ones. It’s an inevitable fact of life that at some point someone we care for will leave us and it can be hard to understand for those just starting their own journey.

Grandad’s Island is a short but touching story about Syd and his beloved Grandad. His Grandad has always been available and to see him, all Syd had do to was travel to the bottom of his garden, though the gate and past the tree to get to Grandad’s house. Except on this everyday visit, Grandad takes Syd on a not so everyday imaginative adventure to a secret island full of wonders. So wonderful, that Grandad decides to stay.

Written by Benji Davies, creator of The Storm Whale, Grandad’s Island is a tender children’s book that helps parents explain to their children that even though we can’t always see those who are dear to us, they remain part of us by living in wondrous memories.
Children 4-6

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