Still My Grandma

Still My Grandma

Written by Veronique Van den Abeele

Illustrated by Claude K. Dubois

Still My Grandma is a book about a girl named Camille and her special relationship with her Grandma.  They have special traditions these two.  Camille and her Grandma love to cook, have sleepovers, pretend, go shopping and more!  They even have a special kiss between the two of them that has a really loud smooching sound to it.  Camille loves to spend time with her Grandma, but Grandma starts doing funny things like forgetting where her shoes go, and what her granddaughter's name is.

  

When Camille and her mommy take Grandma to the doctor, they discover that Grandma has Alzheimer's Disease.  Grandma has to move to a place where other Grandmas and Grandpas live so that she can have the help she needs to remember to do certain things.  

Even though Grandma forgets the old traditions, Camille starts new traditions with her. Some things never change though, and Grandma never forgets the special kiss that she and Camille share no matter what's going on.

I really liked this book. It was well written and illustrated beautifully!  Johnny read it first to Joey and asked me why I picked out such a sad book.  I said, "I had no idea, we are starting that project where we read through the entire library remember?".  I had to sit down and read this one for myself.  I didn't think it was sad though.  The Grandma does get Alzheimer's Disease, and she does forget things that she and her Granddaughter used to do, but the way the Granddaughter handles it is so sweet.  Instead of she and her Grandma baking together, Camille bakes cupcakes with her mom and brings them to Grandma.  I love that!  This book would be great for any young child who has a relative with Alzheimer's.  I would recommend this book...now let's see what Joey had to say about it...