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GRANDAD'S BENCH 
Series:   WALKER STORIES
Author:   Addy Farmer  
Illustrator:   Ruth Rivers  
RRP:   $11.99
Online Price :  $10.80
10+ Copy Price :  $10.20         
20+ Copy Price :  $9.60
Format:   Paperback 
Type of Book:   Younger Novel 
ISBN:   9781406311396
Category:   Death/Bereavement
Published:   6/08/2008
Availability:   Out Of Print
This title is no longer in print and is not in stock. You may still order this book and while it is not available currently, you can register an order. If it reprints within 2 years we will automatically supply your order. After 2 years your backorder for Out of Print titles will be deleted, unless you advise us otherwise.


DESCRIPTION:

A beautiful, sensitively told story of love and loss and of a special relationship between grandfather and grandson. Jake loves playing in Grandad's workshop. One autumn day, Grandad teaches Jake how to chisel his name in a piece of wood, and afterwards they go to the park. Grandad shows Jake the tree that grew from an acorn he planted when he was a boy. Jake goes off to buy ice-creams and returns to find Grandad on the ground. The ambulance arrives. Mum and Jake go home without Grandad...Jake grieves for his grandfather all winter. But Grandad has left him his workshop and Jakes wants to make something special. With Mum's help, he does -- a plaque for the bench under Grandad's tree. A comforting book about bereavment and coming to terms with loss. A moving portrayal of a loving relationship between a grandfather and his grandson



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