When Anna and her younger broth­er Joey sud­den­ly lose their beloved Grand­pa, ​“Pop­py,” they wish they had one more day to spend with him. They think of all the things they would do, such as make matzah ball sculp­tures in their soup at the deli, play check­ers, and lis­ten to him play sil­ly songs on the piano. Their moth­er encour­ages them to put all the pic­tures they make of these mem­o­ries and wish­es into a book. Anna calls this book Wish­es for One More Day with Pop­py. She calls them wish­es rather than mem­o­ries because she says, ​“wish­es feel clos­er.” The Jew­ish cus­tom of sit­ting shiv­ah is described by her moth­er, who tells the chil­dren how they will light a memo­r­i­al can­dle and have friends and fam­i­ly come over ​“to com­fort them with hugs and food.” The aunt is shown cov­er­ing the mirror. 

Read­ers will enjoy the cov­er pic­ture of Pop­py wear­ing his sil­ly birth­day hat with a card­board can­dle stick­ing out of the top of it, and the gen­tle gouache and water­col­or pen­cil illus­tra­tions which fol­low the flow of the text. This would be very help­ful and com­fort­ing to use with chil­dren who have lost a grand­par­ent or oth­er loved one. They will be encour­aged to think of their own mem­o­ries of those dear to them, and will real­ize that they will always have those mem­o­ries in their heart. For ages 6 – 10.