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Hardcover Details
  • 12/2020
  • 1525572482 978-1525572487
  • 32 pages
  • $21.99
Ebook Details
  • 12/2020
  • ‎ B08QMM18YW
  • 32 pages
  • $7.99
Paperback Details
  • 12/2020
  • 978-1525572494 1525572490
  • 32 pages
  • $9.99
Amber Bradbury
Author
If Grandma Were Here

Children/Young Adult; Spirituality/Inspirational; (Market)

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.

Reviews
Kirkus Reviews

Children spend time with their grandmothers in this debut picture book.Using the refrain “If Grandma were here,” the story depicts three kids interacting with their two grandmothers. The children are shown with alternating women in various scenarios. They participate in activities such as visiting a museum, gardening, playing a game, building a sand castle, and more. An unnamed narrator reminds readers of Grandma’s caring nature, how she would “stretch her arms out wide to show how much she loves you.” Readers will infer that the grandmothers are no longer alive, as the narrator tells them that Grandma “is always here, inside you, right here in your heart.” Also included is a poem from Grandma to her grandchildren. She reminds them of her love and support, telling them to search for her in the sky and “give a wave and blow a kiss. Tell me all the things I’ve missed.” Bradbury’s sweet story evokes emotions that will be relatable to youngsters who have lost a loved one. Corbett’s illustrations are bright and cheerful, deftly mirroring happenings in the uplifting text. Most of the characters have brown eyes, dark skin, and dark hair. Several of the images offer dreamy elements, like a sparkling, starry sky backdrop. At the end, the pictures portray the grandmothers as angels in the sky while the children gaze out a window.A charming and thoughtful tribute to beloved grandmothers.

Publisher's Weekly

In her picture book debut, Bradbury follows a family of three multiracial children and their respective memories with their grandmothers, one white and one Black—both shown as floating angels on the book’s cover. Utilizing the refrain “If Grandma were here,” Bradbury shows the children as they embark on adventures with their grandmas: building sandcastles and gardening with one grandmother (“You would help her plant colorful flowers in the butterfly garden”), seeing dinosaurs at the museum and attending dance lessons with the other (“She’d watch through the window as you do your best moves”), and more. Corbett illustrates in a flat, boldly colored digital style. This grief-centered narrative may serve as a starting point for children to share memories of deceased loved ones. Back matter includes “From Dusk Through Dawn,” a poem from the perspective of a grandmother.

Formats
Hardcover Details
  • 12/2020
  • 1525572482 978-1525572487
  • 32 pages
  • $21.99
Ebook Details
  • 12/2020
  • ‎ B08QMM18YW
  • 32 pages
  • $7.99
Paperback Details
  • 12/2020
  • 978-1525572494 1525572490
  • 32 pages
  • $9.99
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