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Title: Grandad's Prayers of the Earth by Douglas Wood, P. J. Lynch ISBN: 0-7636-0660-X Publisher: Candlewick Press Pub. Date: October, 1999 Format: School & Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Absolutely Beautiful Book
Comment: This wonderful book is deeply spiritual without advocating any one religion. A Christian family could read it together and take as much from it as a Jewish or Pagan family could.
A simple walk in the woods with Grandad plants the seeds of prayer in a young boys heart, seeds which help him grow when his grandad has passed and feels very alone.
"Each living thing gives its life to the beauty of all life, and that gift is its prayer," Grandad teaches gently.
The words are a bit difficult for the very young, but the gorgeously detailed watercolor illustrations seem to facinate all. I would recommend this book to all families who experience a loss of a loved one or who wish to introduce their children to prayer. Bereaved adults might also benefit from this book; reading it brought back memories of my father and walking and talking with him.
Buy this book for your children and read it to them for yourself. You won't regret it.
Rating: 5
Summary: If you loved Old Turtle....
Comment: Like Wood's book, Old Turtle, this story is more for adults than for the children they'll read it to - the illustrations (a different illustrator) are beautiful, using soft autumn watercolor tones to illustrate grandfather as he speaks with his grandchild about nature, spirit and the connection all people have to one another.
Essentially this is a book about loss, dying and eternal life. It can be a beginning point for a discussion with older children (ages 8 - 16 or so) who have experienced a loss of any beloved friend or family member.
If I had grandchildren, I'd want to have the hardcover book available for them to read. The book is written to offer room for people of nearly any faith (even agnostics) to begin a discussion the meaning of life and dying.
Rating: 5
Summary: Remembering Dad
Comment: I first read this beautiful book at my church. I was drawn to it and read it several times when I had a few moments to spare. Each time I read it I was reminded of my Dad and the 8,000 trees he had planted for his grandchildren to enjoy. I gave Dad this book for Christmas of 2001 and wrote inside the cover saying that he should read the book to his grandchildren. Though we always thought Dad would live to a very old age we knew that he would be gone one day. Dad died just before Christmas of 2002 at the age of 74 and my mother gave the book back to me a couple of months later. I am a stepmom of three grown children and my first natural child will arrive next month. I was able to tell Dad that he had another grandchild on the way, but she will never get to meet him on earth. I will share the book with my older children, but I will read the book to my new daughter. I know I will cry when I read the book to her, but it will be a wonderfully touching way to remember Dad and help her to understand the wonderful Grandfather that will never be able to tell the story in his own words.
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Title: Old Turtle by Douglas Wood, Cheng-Khee Chee ISBN: 0439309085 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: A Quiet Place by Douglas Wood ISBN: 0689815115 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Old Turtle and the Broken Truth by Douglas Wood, Jon J. Muth ISBN: 0439321093 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: What Is God? by Etan Boritzer, Robbie Marantz ISBN: 0920668887 Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd Pub. Date: 01 August, 1990 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: All I See Is Part of Me by Chara M. Curtis, Cynthia Aldrich ISBN: 0935699074 Publisher: Illumination Arts Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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