This was a touching book about explaining to a child about dementia. The main character's grandpa has dementia and the book is about how that relates to her and her family. I thought that this was a great way to explain what dementia is and how families deal with it. I think that this would be a great book to get for someone with children going through this with their grandparents.

Really enjoyed reading this with my son as my father has dementia and it really helped him understand what was happening.

Grandpa Forgets is a heart touching story about a young girl's grandfather who is experiencing memory loss. We get to see all of the everyday things that he is beginning to forget but then get to know what he still remembers, which are all the most important things in his life. Grandpa Forgets would be a comforting read for any children of a family whose loved has dementia in order to have such important conversations in a way they will be able to understand.

Thank you to Windmill Books and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. Grandpa forgets lots of things, but he doesn't forget how to sing. Interesting art and explanation about Alzheimer's disease or dementia.

I requested this from Netgalley because I was hoping it would be an interesting exploration of dementia for young readers. I did think the writing and story was a little simplified but that's fair enough when considering the likely intention to represent children facing these difficulties rather than to educate, and it can still be a good conversation starter. However, I just can not get over the illustration style of this book. I can maybe see the intention behind them being so unique, but young children are never going to understand this intention as proved by my little brother's reaction who I was reading this book with- he thought they were very off putting and distracting. I think I'm going to keep an eye out for other picture books tackling this subject matter because this one just didn't work for me.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an advanced ebook copy of this title!

A good intro to the devastating disease of alzheimer's and dementia, with strong art and an overall accessible kid-level explanation.

What a fantastic book and such beautiful text! This is a topic near to us and the author touches on it with such sensitivity!
I did not love the image. + illustrations.

Grandpa Forgets is a story about a child whose grandfather has dementia. There are not many books out there with this topic, and I would have really benefited as a child to have a story that helped me understand dementia. I wish this had been a little more in depth and not just about "grandpa forgetting," but overall this is a book about a topic which does not have many picture books and desperately needs them.

Note: I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley. I was not compensated in any other fashion for the review and the opinions reflected below are entirely my own. Special thanks to the publisher and author for providing the copy.

I was given this book as an eARC from the publisher for an honest review.

The book is trying to convey the idea that although Grandpa might forget what he had for breakfast he still know how to hold their grandchild’s hand.

I was looking forward to reading a book that can explain dementia to children. I do not tho this book filled that void. Their are very few words and none of them really complete a thought about dementia. The pictures looked like a mixture of photographs and watercolors. They looked too abstract for children to understand where the story takes place.

I get where the book is going, but I don't think it quite makes it there. I think it's more the illustrations than the story, and while I get where they're going, it's from the kid's POV not the grandparent's. Have most of the world sketchy with just parts of it in almost too-detailed color would make sense from his point of view. Having recently read "Gibberish" that changes the art style depending on how the story's going, I can see the goal, but for this it just didn't suit the story as much to me.

Well I can't really accuse this of being too much an issue book that it forgets the plot and entertainment, and the very pull a volume must hold to actually deserve being taken off the shelf. No, this has the issue – an elderly man with dementia and what he can and cannot do, and does and does not do, with his granddaughter – and the plot, and both are in such light, gentle touches it matters not that this lacks a rollicking fun aspect. No, what I can accuse this of is having such a personal, individual style that it kind of buries the purpose of its existence. Visually we're in a very grey world, with just the faces of the characters concerned picked out in anything like reality (and in one instance, near photo-realism). Colour is added in from a kind of elephant motif that represents the failures of the man's mind, and in splodges for want of a better word – a bank of flowers is an indistinguishable mess of pink.

I wonder if the thinking here was that the text was so brief and concise the page needed to be filled in different ways; it didn't. There is certainly a place for artsiness, but I didn't find this book, intended to be of use to bring positivity and understanding to very young minds about how people's brains start to fog up, that right place. Yes the greyness matches said brain fog, but it didn't have to be shown so literally, with the end result this is quite the unappealing volume.

Grandpa Forgets

I was hoping to use this book to start a very difficult conversation about Alzheimer's or dementia with my child. However, Grandpa Forgets is high on bizarre illustrations and very low on words.

I have several problems with this book. I'm having a difficult time finding what age group this book is targeting. The word count, I'd say, is preschool-age children. However, the illustrations are kind of creepy and would scare a small child. Sadly, I can't say I'd recommend this book to anyone. I felt the story was lacking something.

Thank you, NetGalley and Windmill Books, for providing me with a digital ARC for an honest review.

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

Grandpa Forgets is a short but impactful book about dementia from the view of a child. This book uses clear, lifelike images of grandfather's and children throughout the book and illustrates the rest of the book in sketches. This shows the important things in life to be present and real and everything else just background noise so to speak. This is a great viewpoint of dementia and recognising what is really important about a person with dementia to a child especially - it doesn't matter to them that grandpa might forget where the tea is or that he's already eaten, it's important that they get to spend time with him, have fun and get to know him and hold his hand. As a witness to a grandparent who had dementia and my own child spending time with him (his great-grandchild) this is such a relatable read!

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The intent behind the story was beautiful and so heartbreaking at parts, sweet at others.

The illustrations freaked the bejesus outta me.

Why?!?

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

I didn’t love the illustrations of this book. While it would help to normalize some of the experiences of having someone in your life with dementia, I felt like the story lacked something.

This book was beautiful and nearly brought me to tears. It’s such a beautiful thing to see through a child’s eyes. The narrator, a child, is describing her grandfather’s life dealing with dementia/Alzheimer’s. They discuss the things they forget but also what they remember. This would be a beautiful book to read to a young child going through the same experiences.

I would like to talk about the illustrations. They were beautiful, unlike anything I've seen before. I am not an artist so I dont know the exact type it was, I'd describe it as ( excuse me for my layman words) it was a blend of abstract with pretty relaistic sketches and paintings of people.

This picture book is about an elderly grandfather with dementia but its from the point of view of a child. It was beautiful because it doesn't focus on memory loss, it doesn't make the individual's disease his entire identity, he is so much more than that for his grandchild. Someone who although forgets the mundane things, doesn't forget to have his grandchild's back. Someone who still has so much spark and enthusiasm left in him.
Makes you think how one shouldn't make dementia or any other disease or shortcoming the entire focal point or identity of that person.

Reading this with your kid will open up the opportunity to discuss this disease with them, to arouse more empathy and understanding in them. To teach them to be patient and kind towards people suffering from dementia. And to remind you and your kid that they are more than their disease.
Highly recommend..

This book is told from the perspective of a young child interacting with their grandfather as he experiences memory loss and dementia. The images are muted with certain colors woven through the book at different points. The story is simple and straightforward with the intent to help children understand they're not alone in their feelings when a grandparent or older adult struggles with memory loss. I wish the book had gone just a little deeper in what's happening to the child's grandfather.

Good book for the 6 and under crowd to explain Alzheimer's and dementia in the older adults in their families. Simple sentences recounts the little things Grandpa forgets, that he's eaten, where the coffee is, etc. But then ends with things he remembers: singing, smelling flowers, holding his grandaughter's hand, Sweet story with expressive illustrations.

This was a unique story about Alzheimers. Grandpa may seem different, but he is still Grandpa and can do things. I think it is important for kids to have books like this to understand what is happening in their families. I especially liked the pictures and would take time to discuss how they were made.