Where Is Grandpa?

This book hit home for me as my father passed away recently. The author is able to explain to children how to keep those we love alive through our memories, stories and adventures we have shared with them. In this story a young boy loses his grandfather with whom he and his family had shared many adventures such as building tree houses, hiking waterfalls, and pumpkin carving. He is just sad because he cannot understand where his grandfather has gone. His dad explains that his grandfather is in all the places that they spent time together. His presence can be felt as the memories are remembered.

Where Is Grandpa? tells the story of a family dealing with the loss of their beloved grandpa and they way in which they cope with this loss. Although this book dealt with sad subject matter, I actually really loved this book. It focused more on the memory of grandpa and all the things that the family loved about him. Also, the illustrations were absolutely beautiful. I also really liked how it ended with the family not being sad that grandpa had died, but happy that they got to share their lives with him. Having experienced the death of my grandpa, who was my absolute favorite person, at a young age, I could definitely relate to this book. I cried happy tears while reading it, as I was remembering all the things I loved about my grandpa show more as well.

Ages: 4 and up, maybe 3 year olds depending on the child
Source: Jillian brought it in to class show less

A sweet book, with beautiful illustrations that deals with grandpa dieing but doesn't focus to much negative attention on that fact. The story is about everyone sharing their good memories and talking about love and remembrance.

3 and up

Beautifully illustrated. An important lesson - some ppl still feel uncomfortable talking with their families about their loss, and yet it is important to do so.

Illustrations are beautiful! The storyline is sad, but it is a great way to talk to your kids about losing a loved one.

A beautiful look at grief, finding the person who we miss so much is still alive through memories

The book starts out as a little boy and his grandpa look for a tree to built a tree fort in. They build the fort and the little boy loves climbing up to in and sitting in it and looking at the landscape. Then one day his grandfather dies and he has trouble understanding what that means, he doesn't understand where grandpa went. His dad explains he is gone and has gone to a different place, but he is in a place where people love each other like the places they went with him.