{"id":1248,"date":"2021-11-11T10:14:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T10:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lynnplourde.com\/?post_type=book&#038;p=1248"},"modified":"2022-01-22T03:07:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T03:07:53","slug":"thank-you-grandpa","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/lynnplourde.com\/book\/thank-you-grandpa\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You, Grandpa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Over the years, there were many more<\/em><br><em>thank you&#8217;s and good-byes.<\/em><br><br><em>They found a butterfly on the side of the road,<\/em><br><em>and Grandpa said, &#8220;You have traveled far from<\/em><br><em>caterpillar to butterfly. Thank you for showing<\/em><br><em>us how to age with beauty and grace.&#8221;<\/em><br><br><em>The girl added, &#8220;Thank you, butterfly,<\/em><br><em>for being a flower with wings.&#8221;<\/em><br><br>This book tells the story of a special relationship between a grandfather and granddaughter. The two take nature walks starting when the girl is just a toddler&#8211;they &#8220;wobbled along, side by side, hand in hand, smile to smile.&#8221; When they discover a dead grasshopper on a walk, the girl asks what they should do. Her grandfather&#8217;s reply is &#8220;We can say thank you and good-bye.&#8221; And so they say this message to the grasshopper and other dead creatures that they discover on their walks throughout the years. As they age, grandfather and granddaughter &#8220;shuffle along, side by side, hand in hand, smile to smile until one day the girl walks alone.&#8221; Then the girl must use the lesson she learned to say a final, special &#8220;thank you and good-bye&#8221; to her beloved grandfather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1294,"template":"","book-category":[8],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lynnplourde.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book\/1248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lynnplourde.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lynnplourde.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/book"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lynnplourde.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lynnplourde.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"book-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lynnplourde.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-category?post=1248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}