A Doll for Grandma: A Story about Alzheimer's Disease

by Paulette Bochnig Sharkey (Author) Samantha Woo (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

Kiera loves spending time with her grandma. They play dress up. They paint their nails. They make cookies for picnics with Kiera's doll. But then Grandma starts to change. She starts misplacing items and forgetting how to do everyday tasks. Soon she has to move out of her home into a memory-care center for people with Alzheimer's. She starts calling Kiera by a different name. Then Kiera has an idea and finds a new way to enjoy time with her Grandma.

A Doll for Grandma poignantly and sensitively tells the story of a girl's empathy and kindness in the face of her grandmother's growing dementia. Perfect for children grappling with their changing relationship with a family member who has dementia or Alzheimer's disease.

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$17.99

Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781506457383
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Beaming Books
Publication date
May 20, 2020
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV040000 - Juvenile Fiction | Toys, Dolls & Puppets
JUV013030 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
JUV015020 - Juvenile Fiction | Health & Daily Living | Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries
Library of Congress categories
Grandmothers
Picture books
Memory
Old age
Alzheimer's disease
Nursing homes

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