I decided to have my kids listen to this book as part of their literature lesson based on the reviews I have seen about having some important lessons about ageing. With family far away sometimes it's hard to explain to kids about their grandparents ageing. When I have taken my kids to go to see their great-grandparents, which is farther and few between then I would like to admit, it's hard to explain (especially in the presence of them) about what ageing is and what is like.
Sometimes, even as adults, we get so caught up in the day to day that we forget what is in front of us! Media and busyness have given us permission to feel more invisible and always too busy for what is around us and also what is inevitable as well.
So it's important to teach our kids about ageing, what it is, how to help others and to make them more human.
Current Giveaways
This below is a review from my 10-year-old daughter.
"The audiobook is at first glance a helpful thing to listen to and follow along with the book but as a kid, I find it really hard to follow the audio with the book. I also think that the music in the audio is too dramatic and there is too much of the music in the audio at one time. The music also does not really fit the place it's in. As for the book, I find that the title doesn't really fit what's happening in the story. Otherwise, I think that everything else is great and a really good thing. I really like how it goes into deep detail to help you understand what it is saying."
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Book Description:
Did you hear the story about Max, the boy who kidnapped his grandfather from a nursing home? You didn't see it on the news? Well, let me tell you about it.
Max lives in a small town, much smaller than yours. His grandpa is losing his memory but still remembers quite a bit. You can imagine how they hurried, Max and his grandpa, followed by old Miss Schneider, who insisted on coming along. Why were they in a hurry? Because everyone was after them. Max had skipped school to rescue his grandpa, and they were just starting out on what promised to be one of the best days of their entire lives.
A touching story about dementia and the special relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, with full-colour illustrations and a read-along CD audiobook featuring twelve classical pieces for children by Georges Bizet and Sergei Prokofiev.
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