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

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This is an important text in terms of the representation of LGBTQIA+ relationships and portraying different family structures.

Readers are introduced to a young, brown-skinned, curly-haired protagonist on a visit to their White grandfather's cottage. This poignant tale acknowledges the sadness of losing a loved one, but also celebrates the pleasure of remembering those who have touched our lives. Her favourite pastime, however, is to snuggle up with Grandad while he shares tales of his past adventures with Gramps. For the hope for new adventures, and the glimpse of intergenerational kindness and understanding, this lovely book should be on every shelf.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. 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. They will then send a postcard home from Grandad and Gramps on their beach adventure before planning, drafting and editing a sequel for the book where Grandad and the little girl head off on their own campervan adventure.

There are some fine picture books out there revolving around a child's experience of loss, but there aren't many designed to help kids understand someone else's grief. Children create labels for the items, then explore the concept of memories by thinking about how things special to them hold memories and form connections to times and events in our lives. So, their amazing granddaughter comes up with a clever plan to fix up the old camper and get Grandad excited to explore again. Following this, children create expanded noun phrases to enhance their descriptive writing and use these to support them in writing poetry about an object which holds a special memory to them.Waterstones Children's Book Award Winner and British Book Awards Nibbies Children’s Illustrated Book of the Year 2023! This beautiful picture book honors love and reminds us not only to remember those we have lost, but to celebrate them. A touching tale about a girl’s relationship with her grandfather, which also evokes the wildness and beauty of the coast.

Inspired by these tales, the narrator encourages Grandad to fix up the van, and the two take it for a road trip to the beach. It is also a story that deals with grief and the importance of sharing memories about cherished people who have passed.Roo loves staying with her grandfather in his cottage by the sea and enjoys listening to his wonderful stories.

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. Celebrate love in all its forms, as Grandad tells his granddaughter about the adventures he used to have with Gramps. 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. 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. The depiction of a loving, same-sex relationship between Grandad and Gramps, as well as the different ethnicities of the main characters, ensure this wonderfully inclusive book reflects a range of experiences, representative of today’s society.When Grandad reflects back on his life with Gramps, his memories take the visual form of vignettes showing the younger versions of the men--Grandad white, Gramps with the same brown skin tone as the girl--on the road, at home, or enjoying the great outdoors, but always delighted to be together. The book reflects on an aspect of mature gay life, a piercing sense of loss, and in the child, of the possibilities still to be found.