Goodnight Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs, (Hardcover)

from PatsyAdams

Tommy visits his grandmothers every Sunday. On Nana lives downstairs and the other upstairs, which is where their names come from. Tommy has to deal with the death of Upstairs Nana as a child. He does so very gracefully and then again with his other Nana as a young man. The last line is very poig...

from Linley335

Good family generational story. Nana upstairs dies- dealing with death. The authors true story about his childhood with his grandmother and great grandmother.

from ermilligan

The book is story about a boy that is close to his Grandmother and Great Grandmother who live together. When his Great Grandmother (Nana Upstairs) passes away he has to find a way to deal with his grief. I enjoyed the book because it looked at loss from the perspective of a child and would relate...

from candicebairn

Touching story of a little boy with a Nana who lived downstairs and a Great-Nana who lived upstairs. He loved them both. Then Nana upstairs dies and he is sad.

from alyssabuzbee

This is a touching story about a boy dealing with the loss of his great grandmother and then his grandmother. This would be a great catalyst to a discussion about death, grief and loss.