5/29/2023 0 Comments A Day with Daddy by Nikki GrimesJesse expresses that momentary forgetfulness when he first wakes in "The Day After.""Saturday is here at last./ Time for soccer!What a blast" and several lines later, his realization, "Do I have to mow the lawn?/It's not my turn.Oh.It's. "Insightfully and concisely, Grimes ( Bronx Masquerade) traces the stages of grief and healing, through the 26 paired poems of two siblings mourning their older brother, Jaron.Jesse, "too young" to go to the funeral, expresses loss in raw terms his poems always lead the pairings.His sister, Jerilyn, is older than Jesse, but younger than Jaron, she tends to hide her hurt.Anyone who has experienced loss will recognize the gamut of emotions Grimes lays out here. There are teaching guides available for this book.
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