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My Grampy Can't Walk.


My Grampy Can't Walk

Vanita Oelschlager, author

Robin Hegan and Kristin Blackwood

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Written by a grandmother whose husband has multiple sclerosis, My Grampy Can't Walk is a children's picturebook designed to help young people understand family illnesses. The simple rhyming rhyme also rime  
n.
1. Correspondence of terminal sounds of words or of lines of verse.

2.
a. A poem or verse having a regular correspondence of sounds, especially at the ends of lines.

b.
 verse and warm, flowing color illustrations tell the story of a young child and a grandfather who share a special bond; even though the grandfather can't walk and uses a wheelchair to get around, it doesn't stop them from enjoying life together. A heartwarming heart·warm·ing or heart-warm·ing  
adj.
1. Causing gladness and pleasure.

2. Eliciting sympathy and tender feelings: a heartwarming tale.

Adj. 1.
, upbeat and positive book, highly recommended. My Grampy can't walk. / But he can read to me / Stories of far-away places. / Or see who laughs first / When we make funny faces.
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Publication:Children's Bookwatch
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Date:Sep 1, 2006
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