Find out how a bird feeder, a grandchild, and hospice combine to make a loving generational story in THE BIRD FINDER. “Grandma’s been staying with us since she got sick. That means now I can visit with her anytime I want. She brought her bird feeder. It’s my job to fill it.” So begins this touching tale of time shared with grandma before she enters a hospice center. The time between the grandchild and grandma is spent watching the birds flocking around the bird feeder through grandma’s window, drawing birds, and chatting. First at home and later at hospice. Grandma sleeps and sleeps more and more until finally she is gone. Though sad at her passing, the grandchild will continue to remember grandma whenever filling the new bird feeder at their home.

The sadness is not over the top, but realistic, filling a needed niche in an extended family’s life cycle.

Illustrator Dorothy Leung’s grandchild, perhaps 8 years old, is drawn in such a way it could be either a girl or a boy.

Reviewed for Annette McQueen by Mary Pong