A beautiful story in which a mother explains to her child how her grandmother who has passed on loves them and lives on through emotional connection. With rhyming prose and soothing illustration this book will help a parent explain an intangible concept and maintain familial connection with the departed. At the end of the book there are activity pages on which you can add a photo of your loved one and favorite stories or anecdotes of their life. You can't see Grandma except in pictures, but she can see you anywhere. God gives angels special vision that zooms right in when they really care. A wonderful tool for parents and a thoughtful gift for those who have lost a mother.
A beautiful story in which a mother explains to her child how her grandmother who has passed on loves them and lives on through emotional connection. With rhyming prose and soothing illustration this book will help a parent explain an intangible concept and maintain familial connection with the departed. At the end of the book there are activity pages on which you can add a photo of your loved one and favorite stories or anecdotes of their life. You can't see Grandma except in pictures, but she can see you anywhere. God gives angels special vision that zooms right in when they really care. A wonderful tool for parents and a thoughtful gift for those who have lost a mother.
This book is a collection of poems, short stories and quotes written to inspire and enlighten those who may feel alone on their life's journey. Each entry has its own story but collectively reads as one story. It captures moments of the author's life. It is simple, yet complex and meant to be unconventional and controversial. It covers an array of emotions we all feel throughout our lives while we search our souls for answers to life's questions.
A realistic story of a child's curiosity about death and lost loved ones. This sweet and poignant story paints a picture of a little girl's curiosity to know her grandfather, who died before she was born. What was he like? Will she ever be able to meet him? She starts off on her own discovery journey, gathering stories and memories, finding Grandpa's old things and trying out some of his favorites. As she pieces it all together, she realizes that maybe she doesn't have to meet her grandpa to really know him after all. Based on her own loss and parenting experience, debut author Shannon Zigmund has crafted a touching, timeless, and accessible tale of how a young child can come to know a loved one they've never met. Shared stories, memorabilia, traditions, and daydreaming weave together to create the fabric of a family member who is gone but certainly not forgotten. Readers everywhere can relate to the experience of both grief and love, and of realizing that we each hold pieces of one another in our hearts and lived lives.
If Grandma were here, what would you do together? Would you sing a song? Go on an amazing adventure? Or give each other a giant hug? See what special things grandmas and grandkids do together! This treasure chest of memories is a perfect way for kids and parents who miss their grandma to remember her kindness and her love. Recommended for ages 3–8.
Winner of the 2014 National Outdoor Book Awards for History/Biography Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two hundred dollars. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955, having survived a rattlesnake strike, two hurricanes, and a run-in with gangsters from Harlem, she stood atop Maine's Mount Katahdin. There she sang the first verse of "America, the Beautiful" and proclaimed, "I said I'll do it, and I've done it." Grandma Gatewood, as the reporters called her, became the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alone, as well as the first person—man or woman—to walk it twice and three times. Gatewood became a hiking celebrity and appeared on TV and in the pages of Sports Illustrated. The public attention she brought to the little-known footpath was unprecedented. Her vocal criticism of the lousy, difficult stretches led to bolstered maintenance, and very likely saved the trail from extinction. Author Ben Montgomery was given unprecedented access to Gatewood's own diaries, trail journals, and correspondence, and interviewed surviving family members and those she met along her hike, all to answer the question so many asked: Why did she do it? The story of Grandma Gatewood will inspire readers of all ages by illustrating the full power of human spirit and determination. Even those who know of Gatewood don't know the full story—a story of triumph from pain, rebellion from brutality, hope from suffering.
In the autumn of 2008, Joan Beugen was told by her daughter that she was pregnant with who would become Joan's very first grandchild. It was to become an exciting time in her family, but Joan was worried. She was very concerned that tiny one (that was what she called him) had no way of knowing what this growing and developing stuff it was going through was all about. And she was determined to help reassure tiny one that it was all right. But growing into the world can be a scary thing, and Joan was determined to help. So she began writing letters to this little person that she had not met to explain some of the changes that were happening to him and to give him a head start in dealing with some of the challenges of the waiting world. Her letters, filled with fun and life lessons, remind all of us of our shared humanity.
Knowing little more than that all four of her grandparents were born in Sweden and then met and married in Chicago, Joanne set out to find out all she could about her father's mother who came to America alone in 1900. Writing out some of the family's history, she filled in the gaps with her imagination, hoping to give her children and grandchildren an idea of what life was like for some of their ancestors.
Talking about a sensitive subject to kids like the death of a family member can be challenging. In this epitaph book, Grandma is honoured in a way that she will never be forgotten. Keep Grandma’s memories alive in the little one’s heart and mind. This book could provide comfort to families during grieving process.
A young girl has never met her grandpa. He passed away before she was born, but she misses him every day. She often wonders... what did he look like? With the help of her grandma and the rest of her lovin family, will this young girl be able to imagine her grandpa's face in her mind -- and feel the love that he had shared with others?
