This is the link to the New Zealand Dementia Foundation website where you can find all my reviews, which are called On the Same Page. The reviews are all bite-sized, designed to give a brief overview of each book and make it easy to decide if the book is for you or not.
There are a number of reasons I write these reviews:
Reading about other people’s experiences helped me emotionally and practically to be with Dad. So if I find a book that I think will be helpful for others I review it.
I love reading and I like learning more about dementia.
I love finding books where dementia is presented in a positive, hopeful, real way, as that helps to reduce the stigma around the illness.
Of the eleven books reviewed so far, Blimmin Koro!:Kātahi rā, e Koro e! by Jill Bevan-Brown (Oratia Books, 2021) is the second children’s book and the first in te reo Māori and English. This is a short but powerful book; I highly recommend it for the kindness and respect shown to Koro/Grandad, who has dementia. Read the review to find out more!
Thanks to Tracey at Books & Co in Ōtaki for bringing this book to my attention
