Grandad's Camper: A picture book for children that celebrates LGBTQIA+ families

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You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. VERDICT For the hope for new adventures, and the glimpse of intergenerational kindness and understanding, this lovely book should be on every shelf. So, their amazing granddaughter comes up with a clever plan to fix up the old camper and get Grandad excited to explore again. This poignant tale acknowledges the sadness of losing a loved one, but also celebrates the pleasure of remembering those who have touched our lives. It is also a story that deals with grief and the importance of sharing memories about cherished people who have passed.It's so important that little ones grow up and see their type of family set-up reflected in the books you share with them. Children create labels for the items, then explore the concept of memories by thinking about how things special to them hold memories and form connections to times and events in our lives. Harry Woodgate (they/them) is a multi-award-winning author and illustrator, whose debut picture book Grandad’s Camper won the British Book Awards Nibbie for Children's Illustrated Book of the Year and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, was shortlisted for the Polari Prize , and named as an ALA Stonewall Honor Book . Woodgate's explosively colorful scenes center most of the book on the men, with snapshot after snapshot of their loving life together.

This is an important text in terms of the representation of LGBTQIA+ relationships and portraying different family structures. This beautiful picture book honors love and reminds us not only to remember those we have lost, but to celebrate them.

This debut picture book from award-winning author-illustrator Harry Woodgate won the British Book Awards Nibbie for Children's Illustrated Book of the Year and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, was shortlisted for the Polari Prize, and named as an ALA Stonewall Honor Book. It was inspired by their university dissertation, which revealed a lack of representation for older LGBTQIA+ characters in children’s books. Following this, children create expanded noun phrases to enhance their descriptive writing and use these to support them in writing poetry about an object which holds a special memory to them. Inspired by these tales, the narrator encourages Grandad to fix up the van, and the two take it for a road trip to the beach.