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

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Grandad has the kind of garden I dream of, growing fruit and vegetables, including delicious cherries, and the pair play hide-and-seek together there. The art throughout Grandad's Camper is dashing, the layouts somehow chockablock and yet never too busy.

Waterstones Children's Book Award Winner and British Book Awards Nibbies Children’s Illustrated Book of the Year 2023! Woodgate's explosively colorful scenes center most of the book on the men, with snapshot after snapshot of their loving life together. Grandad, white, and now balding, recounts their adventures to his young grandchild who hangs on every word.A touching tale about a girl’s relationship with her grandfather, which also evokes the wildness and beauty of the coast. To do so, they enlist a groovy pink and white camper with a zippy blue stripe as a symbol of both the past and moving on. 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. This poignant tale acknowledges the sadness of losing a loved one, but also celebrates the pleasure of remembering those who have touched our lives. For the hope for new adventures, and the glimpse of intergenerational kindness and understanding, this lovely book should be on every shelf.

Waterstones Children’s Book Award Winner and British Book Awards Nibbies Children’s Illustrated Book of the Year 2023!The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. I purchased this book for my ten year old girls who have outgrown picture books a bit but the stunning illustrations inspired them as little artist and they absolutely loved the story an the characters. The little girl has an idea and together they tend to the camper van and take it to the beach, just like Gramps would have wanted. 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.