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Grandad's Bench Author: Addy Farmer

ISBN: 9781406311396 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 64 Published: 4 August 2008 Country of Publication: GB Dimensions (cm): 18.5 x 13.5 x 0.5 Description: A beautiful, sensitively told story of love and loss and of a special relationship between grandfather and grandson.

Jake loves playing in Grandad's workshop. One autumn day, Grandad teaches Jake how to chisel his name in a piece of wood, and afterwards they go to the park. Grandad shows Jake the tree that grew from an acorn he planted when he was a boy. Jake goes off to buy ice-creams and returns to find Grandad on the ground. The ambulance arrives. Mum and Jake go home without Grandad...Jake grieves for his grandfather all winter. But Grandad has left him his workshop and Jakes wants to make something special. With Mum's help, he does -- a plaque for the bench under Grandad's tree. A comforting book about bereavment and coming to terms with loss. A moving portrayal of a loving relationship between a grandfather and his grandson. The perfect first step into fiction.

About The Author

Addy Farmer was born in Northern Ireland. When not working as a special needs teacher, she writes stories.

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