"This hat holds dreams,
hides secrets,
and covers fears."
As a grandparent, I love reading new tales of the relationships between grandparents and their grandchildren. I live far away from mine, but am blessed to be able to visit with them daily because of the various platforms we can use today. It keeps us in close contact, and allows us to know each other despite the distance.
The grandfather in this new book lovingly gives his granddaughter his red hat. Along with the gifting of the tangible, he shares all the many things the hat can do. It offers protection from sun and rain. It can be silly, serious, and necessary. It makes her easy to find in a crowd, unless everyone else is wearing a red hat, too. It has endless possibilities. The hat is hers.
Through all of life's adventures and worries it will be with her, until she returns to home and love.
Through the reading and paying careful attention to the accompanying ink and graphite digital images, readers see the perfect moments and the special bond between the two: warm, quiet, uplifting, and loving. What more can a child ask?
Bring on the red hats!
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