the sleeping grandmother

“The Sleeping Grandmother” presents with sensitivity, tenderness and closeness, the close relationship between a boy and his grandmother, who becomes ill.
The author – evoking his own sentimental memory – narrates the disease process, from the moment when the protagonists shared time, reading and affection, when the disease had not yet manifested itself; he goes through his first symptoms and the lethargy of irreversible sleep, which the grandson compensates by keeping his grandmother company; and finally culminates in a denouement in the form of a short story...

Author: Roberto Parmeggiani
Illustration: João Vaz de Carvalho
Publisher: Kalandraka
Dimensions: 18.5 x 28 cm
Pages: 40
Recommended age: +7 years
National Reading Plan: 9-11 years old