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Awards/Reviews/Readers Comments
"This story addresses a hard issue for parents to talk about. But
Alzheimer's affects everyone in the family and children should
be told about what is happening. As in this story, the child feels
and wonders if she is to blame for the strange way that Grandpa is
behaving. She starts to think she has done something wrong and
doesn't know how to make it right. Little children often put the
blame on themselves for pain and suffering seen within the family.
They take a lot of responsibility on their little shoulders. This
is a good bilingual story that will be useful to many families to
help their children understand the effects of Alzheimer's disease."
Heartland Reviews
"In this tale of loss and recovery, a girl's grandfather has Alzheimer's
disease. At first, the child struggles alone with the mystery of her
grandfather's vanishing memory. She wonders if any of her past behavior
could have caused the problem. Finally, she asks her mother , who explains
the grandfather's condition and together the two of them come up with a
solution. The granddaughter becomes her grandfather's memory, and the two
enjoy spending time together reconstructing their shared history."
Críticas
“This small bilingual (English/Spanish) book speaks for not keeping the children in
the family “in the dark” because the “dark is where the terror is.” In this story a
little girl initially blames herself, thinking her mother is upset with her because her
grandfather doesn’t remember her. We’ve heard this sad self-blame from children of
divorce. Sue Glass writes well about children’s feelings and this book will be a
useful tool for anyone dealing with this illness."
Lane Education Service District
“Your powerful book [Remember Me?] will be a great tool for families!
Congratulations—I hope to get many copies for my Memory Centers…”
Leeza Gibbons / talk show host, TV personality
“After visiting my dad during the holidays and dealing with my dad's Alzheimer’s,
I kept remembering the book and realizing that my sisters and I are now my dad's
memory. We went looking through treasures we had saved from my parent’s house
and now with my mom gone and my dad not remembering these memories are even more
sacred to us all.”
September McGee/Laguna Beach, CA
What kids at Brown Deer Elementary School are saying about Remember Me?
[All spelling from these kids’ testimonials is printed as it was written.]
“I liked it a lot. It reminds me of my grandma. She had to go to the hospitel,
she broke her thigh, but she’s still living. I know someone who has Alzheimer’s
but I shouldn’t tell anyone. When she [Sue Glass] read the book to our class I
cried in my heart.”
“I think Rember Me is the best children book. It lets children know that people
with Alzheimer’s don’t forget them on purpuse.”
“I also have a expirience [sic] like the little girl in the story because both of
my grandma’s died and I never really new them, and that’s how I think I realate
to the girl in this story.”
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