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Great-Uncle Alfred Forgets is a picture book about Alzheimer's disease. That may sound like something of an oxymoron, but this book for 4- to 8-year-olds uses nicely rendered illustrations and simple text to tell the tale of Great-Uncle Alfred, who thinks it's Christmas in the middle of summer, and who wonders why the wind blew away the hat that he wasn't actually wearing. A gentle, slightly ... More

Great-Uncle Alfred Forgets is a picture book about Alzheimer's disease. That may sound like something of an oxymoron, but this book for 4- to 8-year-olds uses nicely rendered illustrations and simple text to tell the tale of Great-Uncle Alfred, who thinks it's Christmas in the middle of summer, and who wonders why the wind blew away the hat that he wasn't actually wearing. A gentle, slightly confused man, he loves to tell stories of long age to his grand-niece Emily, whom he calls Alice. While the book doesn't suggest the greater difficulties that lie ahead for Great-Uncle Alfred, it does offer a useful primer of sorts for children with relatives entering into the early stages of Alzheimer's.

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