Customer Reviews

A Young Man's Dance

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As I read this story I thought of the movie The Notebook that I thoroughly enjoy. Both this book and The Notebook deal with coping with Alzheimer's disease. Both will allow their audiences to get emotionally wrapped up in the subject. This book is 14 scenes (2 pages each) and I liked it. The illustrations were not my cup of tea, and I think the text could have been somewhat better. I suspect this book will be popular with kids who have a loved one in their family who has Alzheimer's disease. And the book will be used more as a teaching tool rather than a fun book to learn how to read or follow a story line.

The story is about a young boy whose grandmother can't remember him or the fun things the two of them did together when they were younger. The grandmother now lives in a nursing home and the boy wonders why they still visit his mother's mother. By the end of the story he figures out the answer. Very touching.

I would have liked the book better if the pictures had been done differently. The paintings made me feel like I was reading a dream rather than a real-life story. 4 stars!

Once again, Laurie Knowlton has given us a stunning picture book that both informs and inspires. For every family who knows someone with dementia, or every child who loves Grandma, this book is a must!