Grandma’s Bill Grandma’s Bill"Who is this?"asks Bill, pointing to a photograph on his granny’s
mantlepiece. What follows is a moving evaluation of family life. Bill’s granny
lovingly turns the pages of her photo album and compares her deceased husband, also named
Bill to her little grandson Bill at various stages of his development. The book takes us
through the marriage of Bill’s grandparents, their life together to old age and
eventually to Grandfather’s death. Little Bill looks for reassurance when he finds
out his Grandda’s dead. "It’s alright, though, isn’t it?" said
Bill and Grandma replies, "Of course it is."
Beautiful lifelike drawings increase the attraction of this book that deals so expertly
with growing up, families, old age and death, themes that all children think about in some
way in the early years.