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

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VERDICT For the hope for new adventures, and the glimpse of intergenerational kindness and understanding, this lovely book should be on every shelf.

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. That leaves the child's role (and there is no mention of parents, or even that Grandad and Gramps had children) as brackets to the piece, only becoming an active part of the story at the end. 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. Caregivers, especially older ones, may see this book as an opportunity to talk about departed loved ones and introduce their happy memories to a younger generation-many a family will find themselves pulling out photo albums to relate their own origin stories.It was inspired by their university dissertation, which revealed a lack of representation for older LGBTQIA+ characters in children’s books. This is an important text in terms of the representation of LGBTQIA+ relationships and portraying different family structures. It is also a story that deals with grief and the importance of sharing memories about cherished people who have passed. Woodgate's explosively colorful scenes center most of the book on the men, with snapshot after snapshot of their loving life together.

She loves to examine the fabulous knick-knacks he has collected on his travels and play hide and seek in his amazing garden. Waterstones Children’s Book Award Winner and British Book Awards Nibbies Children’s Illustrated Book of the Year 2023!

Every summer, the narrator of this heart-warming tale goes to stay with her grandad in his pretty old cottage by the sea. The children begin the sequence of learning by exploring a dusty memory box from the attic which contains objects linked to Grandad’s memories of his time in the campervan with Gramps. That child is inspired to help Grandad dust off the old camper/bus in the garage, give it a new blue stripe, change a tire, and start out for new adventures. Readers are introduced to a young, brown-skinned, curly-haired protagonist on a visit to their White grandfather's cottage.

This is a quiet story that speaks volumes, and astute educators and storytellers will be able to use the book in both intimate storytimes and with larger groups. Still, there is a wholesome gentility to every page, of enjoying every minute, even in memory, of growing sweet cherries in the garden, and of filling a home with mementos and stories.As they look through photo albums, he talks fondly about how they travelled the world together in their beloved pink campervan.

They will practice writing in the past progressive by creating captions for the photo album and develop their skill at writing questions in role as the little girl by interviewing Grandad about his campervan adventures. The illustrations are full of warmth, colour and joy, beautifully echoing the excitement of discovery and adventure. Spelling Seeds have been designed to complement Writing Roots by providing weekly, contextualised sequences of sessions for the teaching of spelling that include open-ended investigations and opportunities to practise and apply within meaningful and purposeful contexts, linked (where relevant) to other areas of the curriculum and a suggestion of how to extend the investigation into home learning.

Discover a wonderful grandfather-granddaughter relationship, as a little girl hatches the perfect plan to get her Grandad adventuring again. Grandad, white, and now balding, recounts their adventures to his young grandchild who hangs on every word. Before they were Grandad and Gramps, two young men, waving a rainbow flag from their pink VW bus, were a romantic couple, traveling the world-or at least Europe-together, camping under the stars. So, their amazing granddaughter comes up with a clever plan to fix up the old camper and get Grandad excited to explore again. For the hope for new adventures, and the glimpse of intergenerational kindness and understanding, this lovely book should be on every shelf.

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