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Grandad's Pride
Grandad and Milly are back for another adventure, this time honoring the past and celebrating the future with a pride parade. This heartwarming tale continues to wonderful journey that began with the Stonewall Honoree, British Book Award winner, and Waterstones Best Illustrated Book, Grandad's Camper.
" A winner from beginning to end-and affirmation that Pride belongs in every community." - Kirkus Reviews , STARRED REVIEW
"Bustling, bright-hued images with a rainbow motif show the intersectionally diverse community-portraying people of varying abilities, body types, gender expressions, and skin tones-preparing for the event, giving each page a celebratory vibe. In this gladly intergenerational view of Pride, Woodgate's sequel to Grandad's Camper offers a familial portrait that twines past and present." - Publishers Weekly
After Milly discovers a pride flag in Grandad's attic, this adorable pair are motivated by the past to start a pride parade in their small town. Activism and celebration go hand in hand as the town gathers to help "build a world where everyone is proud to be themselves." This beautiful follow-up to Grandad's Camper is filled with heart and purpose.
" A winner from beginning to end-and affirmation that Pride belongs in every community." - Kirkus Reviews , STARRED REVIEW
"Bustling, bright-hued images with a rainbow motif show the intersectionally diverse community-portraying people of varying abilities, body types, gender expressions, and skin tones-preparing for the event, giving each page a celebratory vibe. In this gladly intergenerational view of Pride, Woodgate's sequel to Grandad's Camper offers a familial portrait that twines past and present." - Publishers Weekly
After Milly discovers a pride flag in Grandad's attic, this adorable pair are motivated by the past to start a pride parade in their small town. Activism and celebration go hand in hand as the town gathers to help "build a world where everyone is proud to be themselves." This beautiful follow-up to Grandad's Camper is filled with heart and purpose.
32 pages, Hardcover
Published April 25, 2023
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September 30, 2023
Finally a picture book about me. Kidding. Although I guess I'm almost there. Except no actual grandchildren. Lots of grand nieces and nephews though. Back to the book: Harry Woodgate's lovely picture book about a young child finding a rainbow flag in her Grandad's attic and deciding to throw a Pride Parade in their small town. So important especially in the year of the book's publication as Pride festivals in Florida are being altered and cancelled because of that hideous excuse for a governor. Woodgate's book shows that everyone is welcome where everyone is equal. And the gentle way we realize the missing grandfather probably died from AIDS back in the 1990's is thought-provoking for adults, since children are not intended to understand that part of the story. Great layering for different generations. A super sensitive, gentle journey into Pride for grandchildren of all ages. Thanks to the author for helping me take a break from my anger and remember there are more of us than there are of them. We will win and everyone will be equal.
September 26, 2023
GROOMER ALERT. This is what it looks like to sexually groom children. LEAVE KIDS ALONE.
November 27, 2023
Best (LGBTQ+) picture book I have ever read. Such a wholesome story. I love the way activism and history are in this book while still focusing on the celebration that kids will love. From now on I will recommend this book to every kid, teacher, and parent, but also to everyone that wants to enjoy a cute queer joy story. The representation is amazing, gender, sexuality, disability, AIDS, race, this book has it all. The illustrations are fantastic. Bonus points for having a background character in a wheelchair with a sign that says: “Queer, disabled, fabulous.”
June 29, 2025
In many ways this has been a disheartening Pride month in the US and on June 27 SCOTUS ruled in the favor of a group of Maryland parents who sued the school board, seeking to have their children removed from classes with LGBTQ-themed books.
Enter this wonderful, colorful, and inclusive picture book that celebrates diversity in it's many forms. For those of us who've circled the sun more then several dozen times the layered art is a reminder of battles fought and won. Loved it.
Enter this wonderful, colorful, and inclusive picture book that celebrates diversity in it's many forms. For those of us who've circled the sun more then several dozen times the layered art is a reminder of battles fought and won. Loved it.
April 8, 2023
Trigger Warnings: past death of a grandparent
Representation: Gay, LGBTQIA+, BLack, POC
Grandad’s Pride is an LGBT picture book about another adventure of Milly and Grandad. After Milly discovers a pride flag in Grandad's attic, this adorable pair are motivated by the past to start a pride parade in their small town. Activism and celebration go hand in hand as the town gathers to help "build a world where everyone is proud to be themselves."
This eARC was provided by the publisher as part of the Hear Our Voices tour in exchange for an honest review.
What a fantastic story! This book provides an age appropriate lesson about Pride and the joy in community. I love the idea of showing kids how we all identify differently and the pride we should take in that. I absolutely loved this story and the illustrations were amazing!
Representation: Gay, LGBTQIA+, BLack, POC
Grandad’s Pride is an LGBT picture book about another adventure of Milly and Grandad. After Milly discovers a pride flag in Grandad's attic, this adorable pair are motivated by the past to start a pride parade in their small town. Activism and celebration go hand in hand as the town gathers to help "build a world where everyone is proud to be themselves."
This eARC was provided by the publisher as part of the Hear Our Voices tour in exchange for an honest review.
What a fantastic story! This book provides an age appropriate lesson about Pride and the joy in community. I love the idea of showing kids how we all identify differently and the pride we should take in that. I absolutely loved this story and the illustrations were amazing!
June 18, 2024
Artwork: Beautiful 😍
A wonderful introduction to pride for kids.. Love how the whole town came together and celebrated 🥳:).
There needs to be more love and compassion/empathy than hate in the world 🌎.
A wonderful introduction to pride for kids.. Love how the whole town came together and celebrated 🥳:).
There needs to be more love and compassion/empathy than hate in the world 🌎.
June 14, 2023
Edition read: Dutch.
Look. Listen. I usually don't give picture books high ratings because well, they are picture books. But oh boy. I cried. I really actually cried. I read it at work (for people who are reading this review but don't know me, I'm a children's librarian) and I actually shed tears. I love this series so much. They are so incredibly sweet and gorgeous and if you are part of the LGBTQIA+ community and have little kids in your life I REALLY truly recommend this series to add to their collection because it's just so precious. I thought the first one pulled at my heartstrings, but seeing disabled queer people in this book just made me feel so SEEN, and I've never really had the feeling of wanting to be seen but apparently I needed it?
Look. Listen. I usually don't give picture books high ratings because well, they are picture books. But oh boy. I cried. I really actually cried. I read it at work (for people who are reading this review but don't know me, I'm a children's librarian) and I actually shed tears. I love this series so much. They are so incredibly sweet and gorgeous and if you are part of the LGBTQIA+ community and have little kids in your life I REALLY truly recommend this series to add to their collection because it's just so precious. I thought the first one pulled at my heartstrings, but seeing disabled queer people in this book just made me feel so SEEN, and I've never really had the feeling of wanting to be seen but apparently I needed it?
November 8, 2023
Together, we can build a world where everyone is proud to be themselves.
November 4, 2023
This colorful and heartwarming picture book about diversity is the perfect introduction to Pride celebrations. When Milly finds a Pride flag in her grandad's attic and asks him "What's Pride?" he tells her "Pride is like a giant party where we celebrate the wonderful diversity of our communities and demand that everyone should be treated with equality and respect - no matter who they love or what gender they are." This is a perfect definition for young readers and Milly's story about how she organizes a Pride festival in her grandad's seaside village is sure to bring a tear to the eyes of older LGBTQ readers and their families. I know I was touched by this story and found myself wishing that the world was like grandad's village. Sadly, because of the topic and its celebration of Pride, this book is sure to find its way on to banned book lists. Read it now while it's still on the shelves!
December 20, 2023
made me cry 10/10
November 23, 2025
This was such a delightful picture book about Milly and her grandad organising pride parade in their small town and the town coming together to celebrate!
March 25, 2024
Milly discovers their grandad's PRIDE Flag. Grandad shares the stories of his past, the meaning of PRIDE, and his relationship with his husband.
This inspires Milly to ask if they can go on a road trip in Grandad's camper. Grandad has said no, but Milly takes things into their own hands and gets help from their own town to create a PRIDE event and even have a parade.
Memories are made. Communities come together. The greatest thing Grandad feels for his grandchild's love is...well, Pride!
I loved this new story from Harry Woodgate. I really loved the rainbow of inclusiveness and diversity in this whole book. Woodgate does a fantastic job. All Picture book authors, please hire them. Nearly cartoonish, but always done with heart!
Additionally, it is a rarity to see the age gap represented so kindly in LGBTQ+ books, so the fact that this positive take and shared experience between generations exists is a big deal. May many more LGBTQ+ positive Queer picture books come out for our future generations.
This inspires Milly to ask if they can go on a road trip in Grandad's camper. Grandad has said no, but Milly takes things into their own hands and gets help from their own town to create a PRIDE event and even have a parade.
Memories are made. Communities come together. The greatest thing Grandad feels for his grandchild's love is...well, Pride!
I loved this new story from Harry Woodgate. I really loved the rainbow of inclusiveness and diversity in this whole book. Woodgate does a fantastic job. All Picture book authors, please hire them. Nearly cartoonish, but always done with heart!
Additionally, it is a rarity to see the age gap represented so kindly in LGBTQ+ books, so the fact that this positive take and shared experience between generations exists is a big deal. May many more LGBTQ+ positive Queer picture books come out for our future generations.
June 25, 2024
Every town should have its own little Pride Event.
November 16, 2024
There's not much plot or character development in this book and I would usually give it a 2-3 notwithstanding the gorgeous and cheerful pictures but I think what this is beautifully portraying is so sorely needed- the positivity and wholesomeness about queer rights. The fact there is also a real cross-section of who is in society (not only white people) in this book and also the idea of queer elders.
Personally I am sick of the "glitter everywhere" trope because that is absolutely BRUTAL to the dear planet. But I loved the wholesome gay grandparents underpinning here and it was just a nice book. No sort of nastiness (apart from the glitter and even that was meant in a nice way) anywhere.
I'll look out for the prequel too. I bought a copy of this for teaching or perhaps to donate to my friend's little free library at some point.
Personally I am sick of the "glitter everywhere" trope because that is absolutely BRUTAL to the dear planet. But I loved the wholesome gay grandparents underpinning here and it was just a nice book. No sort of nastiness (apart from the glitter and even that was meant in a nice way) anywhere.
I'll look out for the prequel too. I bought a copy of this for teaching or perhaps to donate to my friend's little free library at some point.
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September 9, 2025NGL, I got emotional just seeing this title, and I definitely cried while reading it.
The lives of so, so many queer elders were robbed. And while pride is far more than a light-hearted parade (it's so important to remember pride is first and foremost a protest! (f rainbow capitalism)), it was still so powerful to see a story centered on a queer elder passing his love and passion on to the new generation.
It would have been nice for the book to more explicitly center the protest aspect of pride, especially as it is centered on a queer elder who presumably lived through many of the early ones. But regardless, the book made a powerful impact on me and brought me solace and joy. I will certainly be including this in my future classroom.
The lives of so, so many queer elders were robbed. And while pride is far more than a light-hearted parade (it's so important to remember pride is first and foremost a protest! (f rainbow capitalism)), it was still so powerful to see a story centered on a queer elder passing his love and passion on to the new generation.
It would have been nice for the book to more explicitly center the protest aspect of pride, especially as it is centered on a queer elder who presumably lived through many of the early ones. But regardless, the book made a powerful impact on me and brought me solace and joy. I will certainly be including this in my future classroom.
July 13, 2024
God, that's EXACTLY what conservative people are scared of - books that use the lovely rainbow to braiwash our kids and turn them gay! This book was sooo full of diversity it was almost a bit too much! The kid finds the old rainbow flag of his granddad who lives with his partner in the village. So they decide to make a new pride for the first time ever. The signs they hold include TRANS KIDS ARE MAGIC! Break the CIS-tem, etc. Even a bit too much for me :-))) The problem for me was the lack of depth (even for a kids' book). Otherwise, the artwork was lovely!
April 30, 2025
This book almost made me cry. I have never seen such beautiful and accurate representation in a book before, let alone a children's book. This book is a must-read for everyone: children, teens, and adults. I just cannot express how happy this made me.
July 19, 2023
One million stars
December 28, 2023
So wholesome and affirmative.
May 11, 2024
I had a bit of character design confusion because what I thought was one character turned out to be TWO different people, but overall very cute.
January 8, 2025
This made me cry really hard at work
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March 27, 2023Not one of my favourite queer children's picture books getting a sequel 😭💜
February 28, 2024
Stop appropriating Christian symbols for your secular religion.
June 9, 2023
I loved the first of this picture book. The second is just as beautiful and inclusive.
March 3, 2024
An affirming, heartwarming read that touches also on grief and family and friendship and community. Love Woodgate's colorful and full art style as well as the text.
February 27, 2025
This is an interesting book celebrating inclusivity and pride, however I feel I should give a little warning for some readers. Milly is looking forward to spending summer at Grandad’s house by the sea. When she goes to play pirates with the dog up in the attic she finds a large flag to use as a sail. When Grandad joins Milly in the attic to call her for dinner, he sees his old rainbow pride flag and tells Milly what it is. During dinner Grandad explains what pride is and how he and Gramps used to go on marches all the time, but with Gramps gone and Grandad now old, he’s not as keen to go to any pride marches anymore. But Milly has an idea to get the whole village involved and help Grandad to celebrate pride like he used to. The hardback is bigger than A4 in size and is filled with thick matt pages of some very detailed and colourful illustrations and text. The hardcover itself has an intersting texture that feels a little like a canvas for painting too.
This is a great picture book for anyone wanting to introduce children to pride and all things inclusive, in fact as the story progresses we get to see a lot of positivity towards the whole pride community including gay, lesbian, bi, trans and even ace people mentioned. The story shows Milly and her family and friends as they all prepare the village for its first ever pride parade and throughout the book there are lots of detailed images showing what is happening and the many different looking people celebrating pride and marches. While the first book in this series of picture books, Grandad’s Camper, was a fun one which showed a lovely tale of Milly learning more about her Grandad and Gramps when they were younger, and fostered a feeling of acceptance of gay relationships, this book focuses much more on what the celebration of pride is all about. However although it follows the same sort of pattern as the last book, it did feel like less of a meaningful story than the first and more focused on just showing pride and inclusivity of all.
I do like the detailed illustrations and how much there is to look at in each picture. The illustrations are all so fun to look at and very colourful. In the scenes where characters are marching there’s a lot to read on different placards and a there is a lot happening with so many different characters. I especially love the images of a younger Grandad with Gramps in many of the scenes of the past. However there is something that I found a little distressing to see in the images and I’m surprised that it was included in a children’s picture book. In the pages showing the marches especially, there are various different types of people shown including those in wheelchairs, gay couples, a trans people, including a trans woman with a beard, and some drag queens (including what looks to be an orthodox jew in drag!). None of this really bothered me though and shows the inclusivity of the march as they are in real life today, however, in at least two illustrations there was a male character wearing what I can only describe as S&M style bondage/fetish clothing which although some pride marching people might feel there’s nothing wrong with, I’m not sure all parents would be happy for their children to see such images, at least not until they are older (if at all!).
There are a lot of slogans and banners in the images, characters mentioning things like ‘paragraph 175’ and ‘Christopher Street’ which I admit I had to look up and which are quite clever references, as well as lots of other banners too, showing things like ‘love is love’ ‘it’s ok to say gay’, ‘ trans kids are magical’, etc. Overall, while I think this is an okay story about Milly getting her Grandad to celebrate pride after all this time without Gramps, I do feel like the story itself is a little flat. Grandad’s Camper felt like a better story to me, even though I did feel again that the story was lacking in that book a bit too, but this one feels like it missed the mark even more, and rather than focusing on Milly and Grandad’s story around pride, it feels more like a book that’s just showing off pride celebrations for the sake of it, without really having much of an interesting story to keep the book going.
And while the mesage of inclusivity is a good one and a positive one to show kids that gay and other types of people are equal, I can see how some parents (even those who are open to pride celebrations and being inclusive) might feel like some of the images shown, like the ones I mentioned above, are a little too inappropriate for a younger children’s book.
-Thanks to Andersen Press for a free coipy.
This is a great picture book for anyone wanting to introduce children to pride and all things inclusive, in fact as the story progresses we get to see a lot of positivity towards the whole pride community including gay, lesbian, bi, trans and even ace people mentioned. The story shows Milly and her family and friends as they all prepare the village for its first ever pride parade and throughout the book there are lots of detailed images showing what is happening and the many different looking people celebrating pride and marches. While the first book in this series of picture books, Grandad’s Camper, was a fun one which showed a lovely tale of Milly learning more about her Grandad and Gramps when they were younger, and fostered a feeling of acceptance of gay relationships, this book focuses much more on what the celebration of pride is all about. However although it follows the same sort of pattern as the last book, it did feel like less of a meaningful story than the first and more focused on just showing pride and inclusivity of all.
I do like the detailed illustrations and how much there is to look at in each picture. The illustrations are all so fun to look at and very colourful. In the scenes where characters are marching there’s a lot to read on different placards and a there is a lot happening with so many different characters. I especially love the images of a younger Grandad with Gramps in many of the scenes of the past. However there is something that I found a little distressing to see in the images and I’m surprised that it was included in a children’s picture book. In the pages showing the marches especially, there are various different types of people shown including those in wheelchairs, gay couples, a trans people, including a trans woman with a beard, and some drag queens (including what looks to be an orthodox jew in drag!). None of this really bothered me though and shows the inclusivity of the march as they are in real life today, however, in at least two illustrations there was a male character wearing what I can only describe as S&M style bondage/fetish clothing which although some pride marching people might feel there’s nothing wrong with, I’m not sure all parents would be happy for their children to see such images, at least not until they are older (if at all!).
There are a lot of slogans and banners in the images, characters mentioning things like ‘paragraph 175’ and ‘Christopher Street’ which I admit I had to look up and which are quite clever references, as well as lots of other banners too, showing things like ‘love is love’ ‘it’s ok to say gay’, ‘ trans kids are magical’, etc. Overall, while I think this is an okay story about Milly getting her Grandad to celebrate pride after all this time without Gramps, I do feel like the story itself is a little flat. Grandad’s Camper felt like a better story to me, even though I did feel again that the story was lacking in that book a bit too, but this one feels like it missed the mark even more, and rather than focusing on Milly and Grandad’s story around pride, it feels more like a book that’s just showing off pride celebrations for the sake of it, without really having much of an interesting story to keep the book going.
And while the mesage of inclusivity is a good one and a positive one to show kids that gay and other types of people are equal, I can see how some parents (even those who are open to pride celebrations and being inclusive) might feel like some of the images shown, like the ones I mentioned above, are a little too inappropriate for a younger children’s book.
-Thanks to Andersen Press for a free coipy.
December 28, 2024
Excellent! While playing in Grandad's attic, Milly, the young protagonist comes across a Pride flag and uses it for play. Grandad comes along and explains the meaning of Pride "Pride is like a giant party where we celebrate the wonderful diversity of our communities and demand that everyone should be treated with equality and respect- no matter who they love or what gender they are." Milly wants to attend a Pride celebration but Grandad says the city is too far and too crowded. Milly has a fabulous idea! Hold a Pride celebration right in Grandad's small town!
This is such a fun book. The illustrations tell a second story alongside the text. Milly and her dog have a fabulous play session alone with her imagination and the box of memorabilia. She's a pirate sailing a ship with a rainbow colored sail! The illustrations show the history and diversity of the Pride movement. In Grandad's attic Millie finds the rainbow Pride flag, a sign that says "Love is Love is Love", a t-shirt with the pink triangle symbol and memorabilia Grandad has packed away along with memories of Gramps, who has passed away.
Illustrations show Pride marches with signs "Love is a human right, "No H8", "Equality for All," "It's Ok to be gay", "All we need is love," "Lesbians support the miners", "Protect Trans Kids", "Break the Cistem"," "Queer Disabled and Fabulous", "Trans Kids Are Magic" and more. The intersectionality of the movement is shown as the years progress and parades that take place in various places like London and Berlin. The illustrations show the diversity of Pride including the people in cut out leather garments which upset the censors very much. Thanks to them I know what those clothes mean but kids don't know that and the people aren't doing anything but kissing and marching. I saw worse at the Pride parade here. (They had a family friendly tent at the party earlier in the day so those who chose not to bring their kids to the parade could still celebrate). One illustration shows Drag Queen performers getting ready.
Millie's new friend Apo has an older sibling, Temi who works in the town bakery. Temi's pronouns are they/them. Apo, Temi and Millie, Millie's dad and Grandad's late husband are drawn with brown skin tones showing a lovely rainbow of people in this town.
This is a wonderful, wonderful, positive book to share with kids! It's super educational without being didactic! You don't have to read Grandad's Camper first unless you want to, of course and I recommend it.
This is such a fun book. The illustrations tell a second story alongside the text. Milly and her dog have a fabulous play session alone with her imagination and the box of memorabilia. She's a pirate sailing a ship with a rainbow colored sail! The illustrations show the history and diversity of the Pride movement. In Grandad's attic Millie finds the rainbow Pride flag, a sign that says "Love is Love is Love", a t-shirt with the pink triangle symbol and memorabilia Grandad has packed away along with memories of Gramps, who has passed away.
Illustrations show Pride marches with signs "Love is a human right, "No H8", "Equality for All," "It's Ok to be gay", "All we need is love," "Lesbians support the miners", "Protect Trans Kids", "Break the Cistem"," "Queer Disabled and Fabulous", "Trans Kids Are Magic" and more. The intersectionality of the movement is shown as the years progress and parades that take place in various places like London and Berlin. The illustrations show the diversity of Pride including the people in cut out leather garments which upset the censors very much. Thanks to them I know what those clothes mean but kids don't know that and the people aren't doing anything but kissing and marching. I saw worse at the Pride parade here. (They had a family friendly tent at the party earlier in the day so those who chose not to bring their kids to the parade could still celebrate). One illustration shows Drag Queen performers getting ready.
Millie's new friend Apo has an older sibling, Temi who works in the town bakery. Temi's pronouns are they/them. Apo, Temi and Millie, Millie's dad and Grandad's late husband are drawn with brown skin tones showing a lovely rainbow of people in this town.
This is a wonderful, wonderful, positive book to share with kids! It's super educational without being didactic! You don't have to read Grandad's Camper first unless you want to, of course and I recommend it.
April 20, 2023
Synopsis:
After Milly discovers a pride flag in Grandad's attic, this adorable pair are motivated by the past to start a pride parade in their small town. Activism and celebration go hand in hand as the town gathers to help "build a world where everyone is proud to be themselves." This beautiful follow-up to Grandad's Camper is filled with heart and purpose.
Review:
This book is so full of color and love. These are the kinds of books that kids need to be seeing all the time. Especially with the increasing issues surrounding banned books, it is vital that we continue to share these types of stories before they disappear: the ones of joy and pride in being exactly who we are.
The content is very family-friendly; perfect for kids to read on their own or with an adult. This is also a great book for libraries and classrooms, especially for very young readers (Pre-K through early elementary), and as an educator myself, I am so excited to have a copy for my shelves. My goal is to get more books like this in kids’ hands as much as possible so they can learn love and acceptance rather than hate and exclusion.
The art in this book is also exceptionally beautiful. It is evident that Woodgate put a lot of time and effort into creating diverse characters of all kinds. We see people of all races, genders, ages, and abilities. There are individuals with tattoos, multi-racial families, and more. There is an extra element of magic in the fact that the author is also the illustrator, so they know exactly how to make their vision come to life on the page, and that is exactly what they did.
Overall, I would highly recommend this book, especially for our beginning and early readers. The message in this book is one of love, acceptance, and inclusion; things that we can all use more of. Grandad’s Pride is a book I will share with others, and I can’t wait to see what else the author comes up with in the future.
Huge thanks to Hear Our Voices Tours and Little Bee Books for providing me with a copy of Grandad’s Pride in exchange for an honest review and for inviting me to be a part of this tour. I absolutely loved this book! US publication is next week, Tuesday, 4/25/23.
TW/CW: brief mention of previous death of grandparent/partner
After Milly discovers a pride flag in Grandad's attic, this adorable pair are motivated by the past to start a pride parade in their small town. Activism and celebration go hand in hand as the town gathers to help "build a world where everyone is proud to be themselves." This beautiful follow-up to Grandad's Camper is filled with heart and purpose.
Review:
This book is so full of color and love. These are the kinds of books that kids need to be seeing all the time. Especially with the increasing issues surrounding banned books, it is vital that we continue to share these types of stories before they disappear: the ones of joy and pride in being exactly who we are.
The content is very family-friendly; perfect for kids to read on their own or with an adult. This is also a great book for libraries and classrooms, especially for very young readers (Pre-K through early elementary), and as an educator myself, I am so excited to have a copy for my shelves. My goal is to get more books like this in kids’ hands as much as possible so they can learn love and acceptance rather than hate and exclusion.
The art in this book is also exceptionally beautiful. It is evident that Woodgate put a lot of time and effort into creating diverse characters of all kinds. We see people of all races, genders, ages, and abilities. There are individuals with tattoos, multi-racial families, and more. There is an extra element of magic in the fact that the author is also the illustrator, so they know exactly how to make their vision come to life on the page, and that is exactly what they did.
Overall, I would highly recommend this book, especially for our beginning and early readers. The message in this book is one of love, acceptance, and inclusion; things that we can all use more of. Grandad’s Pride is a book I will share with others, and I can’t wait to see what else the author comes up with in the future.
Huge thanks to Hear Our Voices Tours and Little Bee Books for providing me with a copy of Grandad’s Pride in exchange for an honest review and for inviting me to be a part of this tour. I absolutely loved this book! US publication is next week, Tuesday, 4/25/23.
TW/CW: brief mention of previous death of grandparent/partner
March 18, 2023
Disclaimer: I received this e-arc from the publisher. Thanks! All opinions are my own.
Book: Gradad’s Pride
Author: Harry Woodgate
Book Series: Part of the Grandad’s Camper series
Rating: 5/5
Diversity: POC MC and characters, queer characters, drag queens
Recommended For...: children’s readers, picture book, pride, LGBT+
Publication Date: April 25, 2023
Genre: Children’s Picture Book
Age Relevance: 0+ (love and acceptance)
Explanation of Above: Love and acceptance, primarily with LGBT+/queer people, is the main focus of this book.
Publisher: Little Bee Books
Pages: 32
Synopsis: After Milly discovers a pride flag in Grandad's attic, this adorable pair are motivated by the past to start a pride parade in their small town. Activism and celebration go hand in hand as the town gathers to help "build a world where everyone is proud to be themselves." This beautiful follow-up to Grandad's Camper is filled with heart and purpose.
Review: I really loved this sweet picture book! The book focused on our MC finding her grandad’s old pride flag in the attic and him telling her all about equality and diversity and love. The MC then is inspired to host a pride event in her grandad’s town so he can participate in them again at his old age. The book is a sweet reminder of how far we’ve come, but how far we still have to go. The opening about the pride events featured items about equality, the middle about pride events with signs about gay marriage finally being legal, and the ending with signs about trans rights. I think this is a great conversation starter book for young children.
Verdict: I loved it and I highly recommend it!
Book: Gradad’s Pride
Author: Harry Woodgate
Book Series: Part of the Grandad’s Camper series
Rating: 5/5
Diversity: POC MC and characters, queer characters, drag queens
Recommended For...: children’s readers, picture book, pride, LGBT+
Publication Date: April 25, 2023
Genre: Children’s Picture Book
Age Relevance: 0+ (love and acceptance)
Explanation of Above: Love and acceptance, primarily with LGBT+/queer people, is the main focus of this book.
Publisher: Little Bee Books
Pages: 32
Synopsis: After Milly discovers a pride flag in Grandad's attic, this adorable pair are motivated by the past to start a pride parade in their small town. Activism and celebration go hand in hand as the town gathers to help "build a world where everyone is proud to be themselves." This beautiful follow-up to Grandad's Camper is filled with heart and purpose.
Review: I really loved this sweet picture book! The book focused on our MC finding her grandad’s old pride flag in the attic and him telling her all about equality and diversity and love. The MC then is inspired to host a pride event in her grandad’s town so he can participate in them again at his old age. The book is a sweet reminder of how far we’ve come, but how far we still have to go. The opening about the pride events featured items about equality, the middle about pride events with signs about gay marriage finally being legal, and the ending with signs about trans rights. I think this is a great conversation starter book for young children.
Verdict: I loved it and I highly recommend it!
April 23, 2023
Milly is back to visit her Grandad in the sequel to the much adored book by Harry Woodgate. While playing and exploring Milly finds a special box of Grandad’s things, the most beautiful of all is his Pride flag.
At dinner time Grandad tells the family all about Pride: what it means, what was fought for, and how joyous those times were! Milly decides (and finally convinces Grandad) that they should organize the first ever Pride in the small village.
With the whole community coming together it is a beautiful day, but will Grandad have one more surprise up his sleeve?
Sometimes you read a book and think it is so beautiful, it can never have a follow up. I am so glad to be proven wrong! I love the relationship between Grandad and Milly, the love, the storytelling, the encouragement, the bond is so beautifully illustrated. I can’t help but to reminisce of the times I had with my own grandparents
The book community continues to grow and becomes more inclusive, and I love sharing all of these inspirational titles. Grandad’s Pride (along with Grandad’s Camper) should hold a special place on your bookshelf. Not only does this story show an inclusive community that I’m sure we all wish we could be a part of, it continues to depict that tender and unbreakable love between individuals. The connection between partners that never fades, the love between generations, and the compassion between community members are all wonderfully shared.
At dinner time Grandad tells the family all about Pride: what it means, what was fought for, and how joyous those times were! Milly decides (and finally convinces Grandad) that they should organize the first ever Pride in the small village.
With the whole community coming together it is a beautiful day, but will Grandad have one more surprise up his sleeve?
Sometimes you read a book and think it is so beautiful, it can never have a follow up. I am so glad to be proven wrong! I love the relationship between Grandad and Milly, the love, the storytelling, the encouragement, the bond is so beautifully illustrated. I can’t help but to reminisce of the times I had with my own grandparents
The book community continues to grow and becomes more inclusive, and I love sharing all of these inspirational titles. Grandad’s Pride (along with Grandad’s Camper) should hold a special place on your bookshelf. Not only does this story show an inclusive community that I’m sure we all wish we could be a part of, it continues to depict that tender and unbreakable love between individuals. The connection between partners that never fades, the love between generations, and the compassion between community members are all wonderfully shared.
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