Goodbye, Grandpa / Jelleke Rijken and Mack van Gageldonk ; illustrated by Mack van Gageldonk.
Material type:
TextLanguage: English Original language: Dutch Publisher: New York : Clavis Publishing Inc., [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781605373737
- 1605373737
- Dag opa. English
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Picturebook | Tough Topics | Rijken Jelleke | Available | 33111008905545 | ||||
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Tough Topics | Rijken Jelleke | Available | 33111009224979 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Thoughtful adults can use this simple book with its heartfelt text and solemn, cartoon animals to explain death to young children." - Kirkus Reviews
"The authors' concise, plaintive text is both comforting and honest and Elephant's role as surrogate grown-up is handled with restraint. Van Gageldonk's simple drawings, reminiscent of the work of Sandra Boynton, have a sweet solemnity." - Publishers Weekly
From bestselling author-illustrator Mack van Gageldonk, and author Jelleke Rijken
Bear and Grandpa are going fishing today. But why is Grandpa sleeping in the grass? What is going on? "Grandpa is dead," Elephant says softly to his friend Bear. Bear starts to cry. Will he ever see Grandpa again? Chicken and Elephant comfort their friend and explain to him that Grandpa will be with him forever. They say goodbye to him in a beautiful way.
A sensitive and honest story about loss, grief and friendship. For children ages 4 years and up.
Translated from Dutch by Clavis Publishing Inc.
First published as "Dag opa" in Belgium and Holland by Clavis Uitgeverij, Hasselt--Amsterdam, 2016.
Translated from Dutch by Clavis Publishing Inc.
"Bear and Grandpa are going fishing today. But where is Grandpa? Bear's friends gently tell him that Grandpa has died, and together they say goodbye" --Back cover.
Ages 4 and up.