A gorgeous silky hardback book with thick paper that carries images and text sharing a poignant and lovely story with us.
Rhian Stone’s gentle pictures capture dear Grandad’s love for sharing his knowledge and excitement about space and planets and stars whilst giving us such a sense of his vast subject … and then the closing in of Grandad’s memory as time passes.
Frances Tosdevin’s kind and insightful story shows how Grandad’s wonder, determination and knowledge is passed on his grandchild. Her first-person narrative by that little girl reflects the confusion and sadness as she observes Grandad failing, finally to even forgetting her name. But she can return the favour he has done her, now showing and naming for him the stars in the sky. She even names one after him, fulfilling his dream; the Alpha Grandadi Loveliest. Throughout we see the middle generation mum kindly enabling both young and old.
What an uplifting depiction of family love.
