Vetter, RK. I Don’t Want to Say Goodbye! 1000 Storybooks, 2024.

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Summary

This eighth book of the “Don’t Want To” series features a child who worries about losing his grandparents. Both grandparents work together to come up with a comforting solution. See the touching conclusion in I Don’t Want to Say Goodbye! by RK Vetter. Get in touch with the author at vetterrk@gmail.com if you have suggestions for more “Don’t Want To” books.
Author’s Note: This “Don’t Want To” series book, for ages 5-10, is a wonderful tool for daycare or school staff, parents, and grandparents alike. It is also for children to read and enjoy independently!
The books of this series offer opportunities to gain oral language competency through discussion of the characters and storyline, to enjoy recognizing and pronouncing written words, to notice the sequence of letters in words, and to discover new word meanings, all helpful in strengthening reading comprehension. Look on the back cover of each book to see the
Preview of Words to Enjoy Reading!

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My Kid Review

I Don’t Want to Say Goodbye! is another book in RK Vetter’s I Don’t Want to series. This one is about a difficult topic for young children – saying goodbye to a grandparent when they die. Grandma tells her grandchild – “[Grandpa] had to leave us…Each of us leaves when our own bell chimes.” The living grandparents talk about how much they looked forward to the arrival of their grandchild and welcomed him to their family. The story does give hope of having grandparents waiting for us when our time comes with the closing line “We will each wait for you again… And When it is time, we will welcome you in!”

I Don’t Want to Say Goodbye! could be a good addition to the picture book section of a K-12 Christian school library. It is appropriate for pre school and early elementary children.

I received a complimentary copy of I Don’t Want to Say Goodbye! This is my honest review.

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