Grandpa Forgets is a touching story about a young girl who watches her grandpa go through dementia. She watches him forget every day things but also realizes that while her grandpa forgets these supposedly simple tasks, he hasn't forget the most important things in life.

This book would be great for young children who are experiencing the same thing in their own lives. The story allows for parents or caretakers to explain in a relatable and child-like way about the realities of what's happening to their loved one while highlighting what's truly important.

Thank you NetGalley and Windmill Books for the advanced copy. All opinions are my own.

This book explains to young children the challenging concept of dementia. The story starts with all of the things that Grandpa forgets and then moves into the things he remembers, which in the end are the most important things. I think this would be a helpful resource for young children and their families coping with a family member who has Alzheimers or Dementia. Losing ones memory can be very distressing for the person who is struggling as well as the family and friends who care about them. This would be even more distressing for young children who do not really understand what is happening. I would recommend this book to parents and other supportive adults who are caring for children who have family members suffering from memory loss. My only criticism (and it's petty!) is that I don't like the illustrations. They consist of odd drawings with realistic faces super imposed on top. I'm not sure if the illustrator was going for some kind of fuzzy memory-loss symbolism but it didn't really work for me. I found it a little distracting and strange but it doesn't really take away from the story and some people might love the unique pictures! Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book!

I would have liked to see a little more text, meat, to the book. Even though it's written for young children, if there were even a section at the back that talks about dementia just a little bit more for upper elementary kids, this would be a good one for the class library. So many kids these days are seeing grandparents with these struggles, and it was a good, basic, intro.

Grandpa Forgets was a really touching story about a young girl's grandfather who forgets some things, but remembers what's most important to her. This would be great for any child dealing with a relative with memory loss.