Forget Me Not

Young readers are given an emotionally powerful yet accessible introduction to what it is like having a close family member with Alzheimer’s disease in this deeply resonant story about the relationship between a girl and her grandmother. Grandma’s whole family is concerned as they start to notice that she is becoming more and more forgetful. After they find her wandering the neighborhood, they need to make an important decision on her behalf—that the time has come for her to move out of her house and into an assisted living community where she can have the best care possible. An evocative introduction to the experiences of having a close family member with Alzheimer's disease traces the bond between a little girl and her grandmother whose daily activities are impacted by the latter's increasing forgetfulness and their family's need to make caregiver decisions Young Julia Comes To Terms With The Changes In Her Beloved Grandmother, Whose Alzheimer's Disease Makes It Hard For Her To Remember People And Things.