Flowers for Grandpa Dan.Flowers For Grandpa Dan Connie McIntyre & Louise McIntyre Thumbprint Press PO Box 11343, St. Louis, MO 63105 096776856X $17.95 thumbpress.com Gracefully grace·ful adj. Showing grace of movement, form, or proportion: "Capoeira is a graceful ballet of power and control, artists kicking and jumping in synchronized movement" Alisa Valdes. , expertly written by Connie McIntyre, and gently, beautifully illustrated by Louise McIntyre, Flowers For Grandpa Dan is a loving story specifically intended to assist young children to understand Alzheimer's disease--especially if they encounter it within their own families. Grandson Danny learns that even though Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. is gradually changing Grandpa Dan through an increasing dementia, there is one important, vital, intimate thing that never changes. Also available in a paperback edition (0967-768551, $12.95), Flowers For Grand Dan is an essential addition to every community and elementary school elementary school: see school. library collection, a very strongly recommended reading for any child whose family must deal with Alzheimer's in the lives of their loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl . |
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