A sweet picture book focusing on the importance of grandsons in a grandparents life. While using bears to tell the story.

Why We Need Grandsons is part of the Always in My Heart series. This was a perfect book to share with my grandson, letting him know how special he is and how much I love him. Each two page spread has a beautiful illustration of an adult animal and a young one representing a grandparent and grandson doing something together, then there is a 4 line text corresponding to it. There are bears, puppies, octopi, and even platypuses. They are playing, swimming, observing others and sometimes just sitting quietly together. The illustrations are large, colourful and full of life and we spent a lot of time talking about them. The text is in four line stanzas with three lines rhyming and the last not, which is fine, but often the cadence was off, which made me stumble a bit when reading aloud. Overall this is a gorgeous book with a wonderful message of love and spending time together. A wonderful gift for that young grandson in your life.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6266617618 Please see for my complete review. Beautifully illustrated captures young child and grandparent relationship.

It was a sweet book that would be a great gift to give grandparents! The only thing I didn’t love was how the last sentence of each page didn’t rhyme.

This book is just like the many many others in its series. The illustrations are soft and adorable, and the story is just telling you all the good things about having a grandson. One of the things that annoys me about this book is, it’s always four lines per stanza first three lines rhyme, and the last one doesn’t. It annoys me and takes the enjoyment away from this otherwise lovely book.

All the joys of having grandsons make life better for all as is told with beautiful illustrations and rhyming prose. Excellent!
The illustrations by Lisa Alderson are delightful, imaginative, detailed, and colorful.
Well suited for reading WITH someone of any age including ESL, and great for gifting to anyone, but especially to a school or public library!
I requested and received a free temporary e-book on Adobe Digital Editions from SOURCEBOOKS Kids, Sourcebooks Wonderland via NetGalley. Thank you!

Adorably illustrated,
Sweet sentiments though not all are rhyming & if they were it would flow better for younger children. In an ideal world, all grandchildren would have sets of grandparents, but oftentimes a grandparent is solo for one reason or another, including being widowed. This book is written from the standpoint of being red by a set of grandparents which makes it awkward, if not confusing for children if you are a solo grandparent.

While grandsons and grandmas come in all sizes, this book was enjoyed equally by a reading circle of 5-7 yr olds. The story generated emotional responses from most and the feedback from their parents was great too. This series has been a winner since the first book and I'm happy to be able to share it with the children around me.

This was such a sweet book. I, however think that I enjoyed the book more than my son did. He’s still a little young to fully grasp the true meaning behind these beautiful words. I think grandparents will definitely enjoy reading this book to their grandsons. The illustrations are so cute. Every single illustration was so beautifully done.

On title alone (admittedly, I was so excited I immediately requested and didn't read the summary), I thought this was book for grandparents about grandsons. However, it is actually a book for grandsons from grandparents. Honestly, I love this angle even more! My parents have two grandsons, so I was particularly drawn to this title. I'm ready to call them now and tell them they MUST buy this book for each of their grandsons! It describes their relationship perfectly. I loved the words which did such a wonderful job at explaining this special relationship enhanced by the beautiful animal illustrations! This was just a joy all-around, and it's definitely one I'll recommend to others. Thanks to NetGalley for the early look at this March 2024 release! Cannot wait until this is released, so I can tell everyone I know with grandsons to buy!

Such a sweet addition to these books about why children bring light and delight to our lives. The illustrations are bright and darling as usual and the message is one my child's grandparents will definitely read and get weepy over.