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What's Happening to Grandpa?
From New York Times bestselling author Maria Shriver comes a poignant and compassionate story about one family coping with Alzheimer's disease and memory loss.
Kate has always adored her grandpa's storytelling - but lately he's been repeating the same stories again and again.One day he even forgets Kate's name. Her mother's patient explanations open Kate's eyes to what so many of the elderly must confront: Alzheimer's disease and other forms of memory loss. With special insight derived from her own father's struggle with Alzheimer's, Maria Shriver offers a touching and optimistic story that encourages awareness, acceptance, and dialogue among family and friends.
Price: $15.95
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Thank You, Grandpa
This glowing picture book, by turns playful and poignant, portrays the tender relationship between a grandfather and granddaughter as they appreciate nature together over the years. They take their first walk in the woods when the little girl is barely old enough to toddle; their last when Grandfather can only shuffle along. Each walk brings a new discovery-a sneaky snake, flashing fireflies, teardrops on a spiderweb-and sometimes a lesson about saying good-bye. One day the girl walks alone, stronger because she learned from her grandfather how to be grateful for life's fleeting gifts.
Illustrated by Jason Cockcroft.
Price: $15.99
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Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs
Tommy is four years old, and he loves visiting the home of his grandmother, Nana Downstairs, and his great-grandmother, Nana Upstairs. But one day Tommy's mother tells him Nana Upstairs won't be there anymore, and Tommy must struggle with saying good-bye to someone he loves. Updated with new, full-color illustrations, this classic story will continue to win the hearts of readers of all ages.
"Children will want to hear this again and again." --School Library Journal, starred review
"A quietly touching story [that] depicts loving family relationships." --Publishers Weekly
Price: $6.99
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What is Heaven Like?
"What is heaven like?" A young boy and his sister, missing their recently departed grandfather, ponder heaven. In a quest for understanding, the boy sets off to ask everyone he encounters all about it-his teachers, the ice cream truck driver, the dentist, his family-and each person offers a different yet insightful response. For any child who is coming to terms with the loss of a loved one, or even those young ones who are simply curious, What Is Heaven Like? poignantly addresses the questions kids ask most often. The final page offers suggestions for parents and Christian educators. "There are many rooms in my Father's house. If this were not true, I would have told you." John 14:2
Price: $14.99
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The Memory Box
Zach is excited---three weeks of fishing Gramp's lake and eating Gram's cooking. Their first day together is so good, Gramps calls it a 'Memory Box' day. But Zach isn't prepared for the story about the memory box. It's a box to save the memories forever; and it's especially for Gramps because he has Alzheimer's disease. The three of them spend their days together filling the box, with new memories and old. And all three support each other, building strength to handle whatever comes.
Price: $6.95
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Sad Isn't Bad: A Good-Grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing With Loss (Elf-Help Books for Kids)
Loaded with positive, life-affirming advice for coping with loss as a child, this guide tells children what they need to know after a loss--that the world is still safe; life is good; and hurting hearts do mend. Written by a school counselor, this book helps comfort children facing of the worst and hardest kind of reality. Full color.
Price: $5.95
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Grandma's Scrapbook
A scrapbook of memorabilia chronicles the tender and sometimes zany moments shared between Grandma and her granddaughter during their seaside summers. Pages of the lively scrapbook are interspersed with watercolor-rendered photographs of the girl, now a teenager, as she reminisces about their relationship. The last summer in the scrapbook reveals how their roles have changed. Now the girl guides Grandma's wheelchair to places Grandma once brought her on the back of her bike or in a stroller. This poignant story uplifts and dignifies the experience of aging and loss, tingeing it not with sadness, but with hope and wonder.
This book is a great companion to the book Grandpa Loved.
Price: $16.95
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Grandpa Loved
Here is the revised and reissued version of the classic which has been called, "One of the all-time picture books with the most unforgettable language," and which Parents Magazine called "One of the Best Kids Books of the Year." As a teen-aged boy remembers his grandfather, the text and pictures draw us back in time and place to relive moments they spent in four landscapes together: the beach, the woods, the city and the family. When we discover that Grandpa has died, the effect is one not so much of sadness as of wonder and hope since the boy sees his Grandpa in all the places and people they loved. Grandpa Loved is the companion volume to Grandma's Scrapbook.
Price: $8.95
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Grandma's Cobwebs
Claire's parents teach her facts about Alzheimer's Disease. They don't, however, pay much attention to how Claire is feeling about the changes in her grandmother's behavior. Claire tells her friends silly stories about Grandma to make them laugh. Afterwards she feels guilty, gets in a fight and is grounded. While she is grounded, Claire realizes that Grandma, who was the best grandmother in the world before she developed Alzheimer's Disease, is still the best grandmother in the world. Grandma's Cobwebs helps children understand the physical and emotional aspects of Alzheimer's Disease. Grandma's Cobwebs, also, introduces the Three R's of Alzheimer's Disease: Relax, Remember and Respect. An educational supplement of questions and answers for children about Alzheimer's Disease is included with Grandma's Cobwebs.
Allow 3 to 4 weeks for delivery of this book.
Price: $15.00
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Grandma's Purple Flowers
Grandma's house has always been the narrator's favorite place. On her way to visit Grandma, she plucks daisies and sunflowers, and best of all, purple flowers--Grandma's favorites. Whenever Grandma sees the purple flowers, her smile grows wide--like the Mississippi River. One winter day Grandma is too tired to bake, but she rubs her grandchild's back gently and ties a ribbon that unraveled in her hair. Later that night, Grandma passes away, and all winter long, the young girl is sad, missing her grandmother terribly. When spring finally arrives, and flowers begin to shoot up from the ground, the girl discovers her own special way to accept her grandmother's death and keep Grandma with her always. In this moving story, author/illustrator, Adjoa J. Burrowes deals sensitively with the difficult experience of death, and tells a moving story that celebrates the triumph of hope and spirit during a difficult time.
Price: $15.95
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