It's so important that little ones grow up and see their type of family set-up reflected in the books you share with them. While there, the protagonist, who narrates, and their grandfather play the usual games and do the usual activities, but Grandad also tells stories about how he and Gramps, a man of color who is now deceased, met and fell in love while traveling in an old VW microbus. They will then send a postcard home from Grandad and Gramps on their beach adventure before planning, drafting and editing a sequel for the book where Grandad and the little girl head off on their own campervan adventure. As they look through photo albums, he talks fondly about how they travelled the world together in their beloved pink campervan.

The art throughout Grandad's Camper is dashing, the layouts somehow chockablock and yet never too busy. Celebrate love in all its forms, as Grandad tells his granddaughter about the adventures he used to have with Gramps.For the hope for new adventures, and the glimpse of intergenerational kindness and understanding, this lovely book should be on every shelf.

The depiction of a loving, same-sex relationship between Grandad and Gramps, as well as the different ethnicities of the main characters, ensure this wonderfully inclusive book reflects a range of experiences, representative of today’s society.

The book reflects on an aspect of mature gay life, a piercing sense of loss, and in the child, of the possibilities still to be found. Children create labels for the items, then explore the concept of memories by thinking about how things special to them hold memories and form connections to times and events in our lives. Woodgate's explosively colorful scenes center most of the book on the men, with snapshot after snapshot of their loving life together. A touching tale about a girl’s relationship with her grandfather, which also evokes the wildness and beauty of the coast. This is an important text in terms of the representation of LGBTQIA+ relationships and portraying different family structures.

VERDICT For the hope for new adventures, and the glimpse of intergenerational kindness and understanding, this lovely book should be on every shelf.It is also a story that deals with grief and the importance of sharing memories about cherished people who have passed. Before they were Grandad and Gramps, two young men, waving a rainbow flag from their pink VW bus, were a romantic couple, traveling the world-or at least Europe-together, camping under the stars. A long time ago, Grandad and Gramps spent many happy days travelling the world together in a camper van. Still, there is a wholesome gentility to every page, of enjoying every minute, even in memory, of growing sweet cherries in the garden, and of filling a home with mementos and stories. So, their amazing granddaughter comes up with a clever plan to fix up the old camper and get Grandad excited to explore again.