The ACB with Honora Lee

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"Perry's mother and father are busy people ... they're impatient, they're tired, they get cross easily. And they think that only children, like Perry, should be kept busy. On Saturday mornings Perry and her father visit her gran, Honora Lee, at the Santa Lucia rest home, but Gran never remembers them. 'Who is that man?' Honora Lee asks when Perry's father leaves the room. After movement class is abruptly cancelled, Perry is allowed to go to Santa Lucia on Thursday afternoons. She discovers her Gran has an unconventional interest in the alphabet, so Perry decides to make an alphabet book with the help of Honora and the others. Soon everyone is interested in Perry's book project"--

subjects: Grandparent and child,  Only child,  Alphabet,  Juvenile fiction,  Memory disorders in old age,  Fiction,  Grandparent-grandchild relationship,  Alphabet books,  Grandmothers,  Creative activities and seat work,  Rest homes,  Children's fiction