Harry Woodgate
Grandad's Camper -- Harry Woodgate, Hardcover
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A Stonewall Honor Book Best Illustrated Book -- Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2022 "As warm and friendly as a kind grandparent." Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW
"For the hope for new adventures, and the glimpse of intergenerational kindness and understanding, this lovely book should be on every shelf." School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW Best Picture Books of 2021--School Library Journal Future Classic Picture Books of 2021--Bookstagang's Best of 2021 "An effective tool for teaching empathy, and the intergenerational bond at the story's center is a heartstrings puller. This picture book, in which a girl helps her grandfather embrace life again following the death of Gramps, may well aid young readers in understanding others' grief." Shelf Awareness Discover a wonderful grandfather-granddaughter relationship, as a little girl hatches the perfect plan to get her Grandad adventuring again. Gramps and Grandad were adventurers. They would surf, climb mountains, and tour the country in their amazing camper. Gramps just made everything extra special. But after Gramps died, granddad hasn't felt like traveling anymore. So, their amazing granddaughter comes up with a clever plan to fix up the old camper and get Grandad excited to explore again. This beautiful picture book honors love and reminds us not only to remember those we have lost, but to celebrate them.
Author: Harry Woodgate
Publisher: Little Bee Books
Published: 04/06/2021
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 11.10h x 9.60w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781499811933
Audience: Ages 4-8
Award: Stonewall Book Award - Honor Book
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2021
Publishers Weekly 04/26/2021
Shelf Awareness 04/20/2021
School Library Journal 06/01/2021 pg. 53
"For the hope for new adventures, and the glimpse of intergenerational kindness and understanding, this lovely book should be on every shelf." School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW Best Picture Books of 2021--School Library Journal Future Classic Picture Books of 2021--Bookstagang's Best of 2021 "An effective tool for teaching empathy, and the intergenerational bond at the story's center is a heartstrings puller. This picture book, in which a girl helps her grandfather embrace life again following the death of Gramps, may well aid young readers in understanding others' grief." Shelf Awareness Discover a wonderful grandfather-granddaughter relationship, as a little girl hatches the perfect plan to get her Grandad adventuring again. Gramps and Grandad were adventurers. They would surf, climb mountains, and tour the country in their amazing camper. Gramps just made everything extra special. But after Gramps died, granddad hasn't felt like traveling anymore. So, their amazing granddaughter comes up with a clever plan to fix up the old camper and get Grandad excited to explore again. This beautiful picture book honors love and reminds us not only to remember those we have lost, but to celebrate them.
Author: Harry Woodgate
Publisher: Little Bee Books
Published: 04/06/2021
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 11.10h x 9.60w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781499811933
Audience: Ages 4-8
Award: Stonewall Book Award - Honor Book
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2021
Publishers Weekly 04/26/2021
Shelf Awareness 04/20/2021
School Library Journal 06/01/2021 pg. 53
About the Author
Harry Woodgate is an award-winning illustrator, who was shortlisted for the V&A Illustration Awards 2019 and the Folio Society Book Illustration Competition 2018 and 2019. Grandad's Camper is inspired by their university dissertation, which revealed a lack of representation for older LGBT characters in children's books.
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