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3.5
The Old Man Eating Alone
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As long as we have our memories, we will always be together...
Every morning Emily sees an old man eating alone in a café. This makes her sad, and one day she decides to talk with him. The man takes Emily on a journey through his fondest memories. She soon realizes that the bond he had with the love of his life is so strong that he will never be lonely, even if he is alone.
An honest and heartwarming story about a beautiful friendship, the place precious memories will always have in our hearts and love after death. For children ages 5 years and up.
Every morning Emily sees an old man eating alone in a café. This makes her sad, and one day she decides to talk with him. The man takes Emily on a journey through his fondest memories. She soon realizes that the bond he had with the love of his life is so strong that he will never be lonely, even if he is alone.
An honest and heartwarming story about a beautiful friendship, the place precious memories will always have in our hearts and love after death. For children ages 5 years and up.
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3.5
“This book make me crying.”
“This book was too creepy for a children's book. The drawings literally made my skin crawl at times.
Not to mention, it makes absolute no sense. It's meant to tackle greif but I think it just made it worse.
The little girl basically stalked the old man. And the old man developed very weird feelings towards her, or at least that's what I felt with his final letter to the girl.
Also, the font was too tiny and not visible amid all the colour clash.
Overall, this book left a bitter aftertaste in my mouth.”
“This picture book is about loss and understanding it.
Visually this picture book absolutely steals the show. The spreads are fully in balance colourwise and give a clear picture of the characters. The angle is not always on a straight horizontal line and that gives an original view.
The story itself is simple and predictable, but also sweet and easy to understanding. If it is fully relatieve, that is the question because girls talking to strange old men and becoming friends… is maybe something that Will not happen often. .The text is easy to read, but maybe as a story to be read to children a bit unexciting.
Beautifully drawn short story about a girl meeting an older man and dealing with loss..”
“This is a charming little story about a beautiful friendship between a girl named Emily and an old man she sees eating alone in a cafe.
Thank you to Howard Pearlstein, NetGalley and Clavis Publishing for the arc of this book.”
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