Customer Reviews

Through Grandpa's Eyes (Harper Trophy Book)

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This is a very nicely written story about a boy and his grandfather, who is blind. It portrays a close, loving relationship between the two, and explains in a very simple and positive way how the grandfather perceives the world without his visual sense. The accompanying drawings are simple and artistic. It is so difficult to find realistic, beautiful books for children, but this one is absolutely wonderful. I give it my highest recommendation.

This wonderful book about relying on your senses when you are blind demonstrates that blind people can lead a productive life. Grandpa shares his zest for life with his grandson, John. At first John does not understand how his grandpa is able to do all that he does. Grandpa shares his secret. As a preservice teacher I've used this book to talk about aging and its effects with my students. We also talk about what we can do to help others who have disabilities. This is an excellent book to allow children to examine their thoughts on older people and disabilities.

Wanted to get this for my grandson as my husband and I have vision problems. Great book.

We both loved this book that we read for Social Studies. Grandpa is blind and John spends his summers with his grandparents. They have a great relationship and the love each has for the other really comes through in this book. It was recommended in Social Studies through Children's Literature and recommended for grades K-3rd.

John is a young boy who loves his grandparents dearly. His grandfather cannot see, yet he shows John how he compensates. He likes to whittle and play the banjo and shares these gifts with his grandchild. Man and boy love nature walks, and it is John's grandfather who can recognize the sound of any bird. He teaches John about nature and John forgets that his grandfather cannot see.

His grandmother shows him how they serve meals; she tells the boy's grandfather where each dish is by using a clock face as a guide, e.g. "the peas are at 4:00 on your plate, the steak is at 7:00, etc."

This is a beautiful, loving and very moving story about grandparental bonds and different ways of learning and sharing.

There was a problem with the order and the seller contacted me immediately to straighten things out and make sure that there was no delay in my order being delivered to me. I will order from this seller any time in the future!

The book took a little longer to arrive then things I've ordered in the past, nevertheless, it was in good condition.