Grandad's Island
Readers rate it 3.0 (2 on Hardcover)
32 pages · Released Jul 2, 2015 · Simon & Schuster Children's UK
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This is a tenderly illustrated picture book designed to help children understand grief and loss through fantasy and magical imagery rather than explicit discussion of death. The story is emotionally mature but handles its subject with gentleness, using the metaphor of a grandfather choosing to stay on a magical island as a way to represent his passing. The ending emphasizes love, memory, and connection, offering comfort rather than distress.
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Children's picture book that uses a magical journey to an island to gently explore the theme of loss and grief, without explicitly mentioning death. The story follows a boy named Syd who visits his grandfather, only to find him in the attic, from where they travel to a colorful, wild island where Grandad decides to sta... Children's picture book that uses a magical journey to an island to gently explore the theme of loss and grief, without explicitly mentioning death. The story follows a boy named Syd who visits his grandfather, only to find him in the attic, from where they travel to a colorful, wild island where Grandad decides to stay, leaving Syd to return home alone, comforted by the memory. While Grandad's house is empty, he receives a postcard, showing that love and memory endure.
Shelved under
- Islands
- Juvenile fiction
- Grandfathers
- Loss (Psychology)
- Picture books
- Children's fiction
- Grandparents, fiction
- Death, fiction
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Young Adult
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ISBN 9781471119958 · Simon & Schuster Children's UK