Chil­dren’s

The Great­est

  • Review
By – May 5, 2025

Endear­ing illus­tra­tions trans­mit­ting fam­i­ly warmth and joy­ful grand­par­ent­ing accom­pa­ny this pow­er­ful tale of a lov­ing grand­fa­ther and the grand­chil­dren who vis­it him every Sun­day. The grand­fa­ther draws pic­tures, invents fun games to play, cel­e­brates the hol­i­days with pas­sion and sub­stance, serves deli­cious food, and plans oth­er amus­ing and live­ly activ­i­ties to keep them enter­tained and engaged. Crafts, music, and sto­ries all con­tribute to main­tain­ing a close, vibrant rela­tion­ship. Rich Jew­ish con­tent per­me­ates the pages, adding to the joy.

The grand­fa­ther is pret­ty sure that he isn’t doing any­thing spe­cial. He thinks he is sim­ply an ordi­nary man. But the chil­dren see the mag­ic he weaves into their lives and they know that this rela­tion­ship is extra­or­di­nary. They trea­sure all the moments they spend with him now and they will appre­ci­ate the mean­ing­ful and touch­ing con­nec­tion they share with their grand­fa­ther all the days of their lives.

Both grand­fa­ther and grand­chil­dren near­ly leap off the pages of this beau­ti­ful­ly illus­trat­ed sto­ry, help­ing read­ers under­stand the gift of this spe­cial rela­tion­ship and the enrich­ment it brings into their lives.

Michal Hoschan­der Malen is the edi­tor of Jew­ish Book Coun­cil’s young adult and children’s book reviews. A for­mer librar­i­an, she has lec­tured on top­ics relat­ing to lit­er­a­cy, run book clubs, and loves to read aloud to her grandchildren.

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