![]() ![]() Obviously he doesn’t come to her party, so she decides to ask some members of her family where he is. But when she tells her mum, she simply shakes her head. Lilly has a plan, she is going to invite her uncle to her 6th birthday. There are pictures up of him around the house. ![]() He doesn’t come to visit her when she is born or for Sunday lunch. Where’s Uncle Al, wrapped in red tissue paper with a blue ribbon and a handwritten note to Carrie (Hookable books) What is Where is Uncle Al about? Library Girl and Book Boy, aka Jo Cummins suggested ‘Where’s Uncle Al?’ The publishers ( All Around Publishing) sent me a copy in exchange for an honest review. So, on Instagram and Twitter I asked my followers for recommendations. Although on my Instagram account, I often post books around the theme of loss and bereavement, I couldn’t think of one to fulfil this particular brief. Sadly, she had recently lost her father, whom her child had never met. ![]() She was looking for a book to read to her child. One of my followers on Instagram, contacted me in March. The story behind receiving ‘Where’s Uncle Al?’ Have you ever lost someone? Or been told about someone who died but who you never met? ‘Where’s Uncle Al?’ is a delicate exploration of just that.** Where is Uncle Al? A picture book for kids about death and the afterlife. ![]()
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