Always My Brother

by Phyllis Pollema-Cahill and Jean Reagan

Book Overview

When she is surprised and feels guilty about enjoying a friend's birthday party, her mom wraps reassuring arms around her and says, "Don't you think he'd want you to laugh, even now?" She gradually realizes that she can still enjoy the things that they used to do together and that the memories of John continue to make him part of their family.

Always My Brother is a sensitive, realistic story about the process of grief, acceptance, and recovery...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884483134
• ISBN13: 9780884483137
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5

Customer Reviews

Well crafted to appeal to children in grades 3-6

"Always My Brother" is a sensitive, compassionate book about an ordinary, soccer -playing girl who misses her brother, John after his death. With her parents' love and support and her beloved dog Toby, she gradually returns to a semblance of enjoying her life. When she feels bad about this because she still misses John and does not wish to betray his memory by returning to life as normal without him, her parents remind her that he is always her brother, that he will always be with her, and that he would want her to be happy and have a normal life again. "Always My Brother" is enhanced with delicate water color illustrations that clearly portray both the everyday life before and after the death of a much-loved brother. "Always My Brother" is well crafted to appeal to children in grades 3-6.

Excellent story of love, longing and remembering

If you are looking for a book that will transport you to the place where longing for a loved one and loving the memories of a loved one and living in the present without forgetting the past are possible at the the same time, Jean Reagan has created this world for us. This book can guide a child to remember that it is possible to let go and yet still remember.