Review of The Remember Balloons

​The Remember Balloon
Written by Jessie Oliveros
Illustrated by Dana Wulfekotte
Age Level: 5 – 10
Grade Level: K – 4

​When this book came out, I wanted to read it. Then I saw it in my local library, and I wasn’t disappointed. It’s a quiet story about a boy, his grandfather, and Alzheimer's. Grandpa uses the balloons as a way to keep track of time, and memories. But when he starts losing them, his grandson James learns how to share his own balloons, and it helps. I’m a daughter of Alzheimer's, and this is a lovely book to help children understand it, to find ways to cope with it.

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