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Children's ✦ Penny’s Take

My Little Grandmother Often Forgets

Reeve Lindbergh · 2007
78/100
👍 Worth It

Reeve Lindbergh had real skin in this story — her own mother's fading memory — and that authenticity comes through in every gentle page. The book never lectures or diagnoses; it just shows Tom loving his grandmother through the fog, which is exactly the model children need. Librarians and grief-support specialists recommend it for good reason, and the rhyming text is soothing enough to become part of a bedtime routine.

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Verdict receipt0–100
safety95
substance78
craft76
originality74
accuracy88
hype72
age-fit85
human-eye80
Penny’s verdict78
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