Why We Need Grandsons

by Gregory E. Lang, Lisa Alderson (Illustrator)

Overview

Based on Gregory Lang's New York Times bestselling original series! The perfect gift of love or sweet keepsake to show why grandsons are so special! 

Celebrate the grandsons in your life with Why We Need Grandsons, a heartfelt children's books for ages 3-7 that is the perfect gift to remind your grandson of how much you love him! Brought to you by the same team behind the New York Times bestseller Why a Daughter Needs a Dad, this next book in the series features gentle rhyming text, adorable animal illustration, and a genuine message of love.

In this world we call home, there's all kinds of joy

From sunsets to kittens to your favorite toys.

But there's nothing we've seen quite like you, my sweet boy

Our bright-eyed and beautiful grandson.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781728278261
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	03/05/2024
Series:	Always in My Heart
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	10 MB
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Gregory E. Lang is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 20 books, including Why a Daughter Needs a Dad, Why a Daughter Needs a Mom, Why a Son Needs a Dad, Why a Son Needs a Mom, and Why I Love You. He lives in Georgia.

Lisa Alderson is originally from Lancashire, England. Since childhood she has been obsessed with the beauty of nature and all pretty things.

Editorial Reviews

2024-01-05
The Why We Need series expands to include grandsons.

Cutesy animal grandparents, never identified by gender, appear with their grandsons throughout, expounding on the ways their grandsons improve their lives and how they’re looking forward to the future with them. The animals’ species and activities generally aren’t connected to the rhyming text. For example, “That’s the thing about grandkids: They carry things on. / They link past and future, like day follows dawn. / The years that will come, and the years that are gone. / They are all a part of your story.” In the accompanying illustration, a grandparent humpback whale (none of the species are identified in the text) swims, the grandson tucked under the older whale’s pectoral fin. Like the recent Why We Need Granddaughters (2024), this entry has many of the same flaws of the series, namely the disconnect between the animal stand-ins for children and the text, the banal statements, and the vocabulary and concepts likely to go over young readers’ heads. This one also seems oddly out of order as well; the text talks about the child growing and learning before moving back to talk about the day they were born and their first steps.

Older adults with new grandsons may eat this up, but their grandkids aren’t likely to request rereads. (Picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews