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A review by labunnywtf
If My Moon Was Your Sun [With Audio CD] by Andreas Steinhöfel
3.0
Received via Netgalley in exchange for a fair and unbiased review.
My biggest complaint about this very sweet book is that I didn't have the music to play while reading it. I feel like I missed so much of the feel of this book without the accompaniment.
This is a simple, sweet story Max, a little boy whose grandfather has just been put into a nursing home. Max has grown up with his grandfather, and he hates that he's locked in this facility, unable to get out because he doesn't know the special code for the doors. So, he sets out one day to kidnap him.
This really doesn't feel like a traditional children's book. When I read these, I imagine them from the perspective of the godchildren I've read to, and buy books for. It's too old for the 6-year old, and too young for the 9-year old. The illustrations are beautiful, certainly. Maybe it's different with the music, but I just don't follow it properly.
I think a story for children about grandparents with Alzheimer's ("The Great Forgetting") is extremely important. But I don't think this is it. For one thing, Max says:
"To keep the Great Forgetting away from Grandfather when it tried to grab hold of him, it was sometimes enough to hug him tightly, offering nearness and security."
I know this a simplification to help children when their loved ones don't know who they are anymore. But what happens when the relative doesn't get better from a hug? Or doesn't want to be hugged at all by this child?
My heart broke a little bit at that part.
I'm being overly critical, this really is a very sweet story of a grandfather and grandson spending stolen time together, and I will be listening to the music that goes with it after the audiobook is published.
I think I expected too much.
My biggest complaint about this very sweet book is that I didn't have the music to play while reading it. I feel like I missed so much of the feel of this book without the accompaniment.
This is a simple, sweet story Max, a little boy whose grandfather has just been put into a nursing home. Max has grown up with his grandfather, and he hates that he's locked in this facility, unable to get out because he doesn't know the special code for the doors. So, he sets out one day to kidnap him.
This really doesn't feel like a traditional children's book. When I read these, I imagine them from the perspective of the godchildren I've read to, and buy books for. It's too old for the 6-year old, and too young for the 9-year old. The illustrations are beautiful, certainly. Maybe it's different with the music, but I just don't follow it properly.
I think a story for children about grandparents with Alzheimer's ("The Great Forgetting") is extremely important. But I don't think this is it. For one thing, Max says:
"To keep the Great Forgetting away from Grandfather when it tried to grab hold of him, it was sometimes enough to hug him tightly, offering nearness and security."
I know this a simplification to help children when their loved ones don't know who they are anymore. But what happens when the relative doesn't get better from a hug? Or doesn't want to be hugged at all by this child?
My heart broke a little bit at that part.
I'm being overly critical, this really is a very sweet story of a grandfather and grandson spending stolen time together, and I will be listening to the music that goes with it after the audiobook is published.
I think I expected too much.