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WHERE IS GRANDPA?
978-0-399-25083-5 | 32 Pages | Ages 4+
As the boy remembers Grandpa with his family, he discovers a surprising answer: Grandpa, perhaps, is closer to home than anyone ever realized.
In this deeply moving tale, the poetic words of T. A. Barron and the luminous illustrations of Chris K. Soentpiet remind us all that a family’s sorrow can be shared — and that even in the greatest loss, love can still be found.
REVIEWS
“A gentle story of a boy’s grief when his beloved grandfather dies… A helpful introduction to death and the grieving process.”
— School Library Journal
“Barron’s young adult novels often use magic and the supernatural as a way of explaining and demanding respect for nature. In this touching story, Barron uses nature as a way of helping to explain the life cycle. When a young boy’s grandfather dies, his family shares stories and memories of him. Grandpa loved nature and during hikes to waterfalls and climbing expeditions, he taught this love to his family. The boy decides that for Grandpa, heaven is a world of nature they shared. Enriched by vibrant plays of light and color, the illustrations of mountains, waterfalls, and trees are stunning.”
— Booklist
“One of the most outstanding children’s books of 2000.”
— New Jersey Educational Media Association’s Booktalk
“Here is a poignant, touching, and spiritually evocative tale. I heartily recommend it to families everywhere.”
— Robert Coles M.D., Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Children of Crisis and The Spiritual Life of Children
“The universality of the response to the child’s query of ‘Where Is Grandpa?’ makes this book appropriate for people of all belief systems. The staff within our hospice program has found this to be a most valuable aid in helping children understand and find peace in the loss of a loved one. I only wish that such a book had been available when my children were struggling with the death of their dear grandmother.”
— Connie Holden, Executive Director Hospice of Boulder County
“How do grandchildren (or adult children) deal with a beloved grandparent’s death? The Barron family, like many of us, find comfort in recalling special times — Grandpa’s pumpkin-carving marathon, finding a nest of raccoons in a giant tree trunk, a waterfall that Grandpa called ‘liquid light,’ a three-day horseshoe contest. But where is Grandpa now? The grieving father tells his son that Grandpa is ‘any place where people who love each other have spent time together,’ like up at that waterfall or even in the tree house. And then the boy knows ‘it might be all right now’ to go to those special places he’d shared when his grandfather was still alive.”
— The Denver Post
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
- 2003 Book-of-the-Month Selection for El Paso, Texas Language to Literacy Program (April)
- 2001 Maryland Children’s Book Award — Nominee
- 2000 Colorado Book Award — Nominee
- 2000 Texas Bluebonnet Award — Nominee
- 2000 New Jersey Educational Media Association — Best Books of the Year
- 2000 Book-of-the-Month for University of Wisconsin’s Center for Children’s Literature
WHERE IS GRANDPA?
978-0-399-25083-5
32 Pages | Ages 4+
As the boy remembers Grandpa with his family, he discovers a surprising answer: Grandpa, perhaps, is closer to home than anyone ever realized.
In this deeply moving tale, the poetic words of T. A. Barron and the luminous illustrations of Chris K. Soentpiet remind us all that a family’s sorrow can be shared — and that even in the greatest loss, love can still be found.
Note: Where is Grandpa? is currently out of print.
Art from Where is Grandpa?
REVIEWS
“A gentle story of a boy’s grief when his beloved grandfather dies… A helpful introduction to death and the grieving process.”
— School Library Journal
“Barron’s young adult novels often use magic and the supernatural as a way of explaining and demanding respect for nature. In this touching story, Barron uses nature as a way of helping to explain the life cycle. When a young boy’s grandfather dies, his family shares stories and memories of him. Grandpa loved nature and during hikes to waterfalls and climbing expeditions, he taught this love to his family. The boy decides that for Grandpa, heaven is a world of nature they shared. Enriched by vibrant plays of light and color, the illustrations of mountains, waterfalls, and trees are stunning.”
— Booklist
“One of the most outstanding children’s books of 2000.”
— New Jersey Educational Media Association’s Booktalk
“Here is a poignant, touching, and spiritually evocative tale. I heartily recommend it to families everywhere.”
— Robert Coles M.D., Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Children of Crisis and The Spiritual Life of Children
“The universality of the response to the child’s query of ‘Where Is Grandpa?’ makes this book appropriate for people of all belief systems. The staff within our hospice program has found this to be a most valuable aid in helping children understand and find peace in the loss of a loved one. I only wish that such a book had been available when my children were struggling with the death of their dear grandmother.”
— Connie Holden, Executive Director Hospice of Boulder County
“How do grandchildren (or adult children) deal with a beloved grandparent’s death? The Barron family, like many of us, find comfort in recalling special times — Grandpa’s pumpkin-carving marathon, finding a nest of raccoons in a giant tree trunk, a waterfall that Grandpa called ‘liquid light,’ a three-day horseshoe contest. But where is Grandpa now? The grieving father tells his son that Grandpa is ‘any place where people who love each other have spent time together,’ like up at that waterfall or even in the tree house. And then the boy knows ‘it might be all right now’ to go to those special places he’d shared when his grandfather was still alive.”
— The Denver Post
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
- 2003 Book-of-the-Month Selection for El Paso, Texas Language to Literacy Program (April)
- 2001 Maryland Children’s Book Award — Nominee
- 2000 Colorado Book Award — Nominee
- 2000 Texas Bluebonnet Award — Nominee
- 2000 New Jersey Educational Media Association — Best Books of the Year
- 2000 Book-of-the-Month for University of Wisconsin’s Center for Children’s Literature