In case you have not heard of or read this book, I highly recommend that you read it. I got a copy from the Seattle Public Library. It is called*Zayde Comes to Live * and it is by Sheri Sinykin. The title had a second meaning to me after I read it.
This 32-page children's picture book about a very ill grandfather who comes to live with the family of a young girl is truly a wonderful book. It deals with the subject of illness and death directly at the level of a 4 to 6-year-old and is quite poignant but also comforting. The child knows that zayde is dying but is afraid to say anything to her parents. She asks the rabbi when he visits as she knows rabbis never lie.
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