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Grandad's Camper: A picture book for children that celebrates LGBTQIA+ families

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An effective tool for teaching empathy, and the intergenerational bond at the story's center is a heartstrings puller. Waterstones Children’s Book Award Winner and British Book Awards Nibbies Children’s Illustrated Book of the Year 2023! This poignant tale acknowledges the sadness of losing a loved one, but also celebrates the pleasure of remembering those who have touched our lives. This beautiful picture book honors love and reminds us not only to remember those we have lost, but to celebrate them. The art throughout Grandad's Camper is dashing, the layouts somehow chockablock and yet never too busy.

She loves to examine the fabulous knick-knacks he has collected on his travels and play hide and seek in his amazing garden. The artwork is enticing and rich, and readers will be happy to pore over the pages studying details like Grandad's friendly dog and the textured backgrounds as they read and reread the story.The illustrations are full of warmth, colour and joy, beautifully echoing the excitement of discovery and adventure. They will practice writing in the past progressive by creating captions for the photo album and develop their skill at writing questions in role as the little girl by interviewing Grandad about his campervan adventures. Every summer, the narrator of this heart-warming tale goes to stay with her grandad in his pretty old cottage by the sea. Children create labels for the items, then explore the concept of memories by thinking about how things special to them hold memories and form connections to times and events in our lives. That child is inspired to help Grandad dust off the old camper/bus in the garage, give it a new blue stripe, change a tire, and start out for new adventures.

This is a quiet story that speaks volumes, and astute educators and storytellers will be able to use the book in both intimate storytimes and with larger groups. When Grandad reflects back on his life with Gramps, his memories take the visual form of vignettes showing the younger versions of the men--Grandad white, Gramps with the same brown skin tone as the girl--on the road, at home, or enjoying the great outdoors, but always delighted to be together. Still, there is a wholesome gentility to every page, of enjoying every minute, even in memory, of growing sweet cherries in the garden, and of filling a home with mementos and stories.It is also a story that deals with grief and the importance of sharing memories about cherished people who have passed. There are some fine picture books out there revolving around a child's experience of loss, but there aren't many designed to help kids understand someone else's grief. It was inspired by their university dissertation, which revealed a lack of representation for older LGBTQIA+ characters in children’s books. As they look through photo albums, he talks fondly about how they travelled the world together in their beloved pink campervan.

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