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A Plan for Pops

By: Heather Smith, Brooke Kerrigan - illustrator
Narrated by: Christian Down
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Key Selling Points

  • A Plan for Pops follows a young child who tries to cheer up their grandparent after an accident.
  • This book features same-sex grandparents, a loving intergenerational family and a unique STEM component with the creation of a Rube Goldberg machine.
  • Like the author's bestselling picture book Angus All Aglow, the text conveys a powerful message of love, togetherness and gentle healing.
  • A Plan for Pops was shortlisted for the Blue Spruce Award and was an OLA Best Bets and ALA Rainbow Top Ten selection.
  • Heather Smith's picture book The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden received four starred reviews and won the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award and the Freeman Book Award for Children's Literature on East and Southeast Asia.
  • A Plan for Pops is also available in French as Une idée pour Papi (9781459822054).
©2019, 2021 Heather Smith (P)2024 Orca Book Publishers
Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction

Critic Reviews

"A positive and realistic representation of both a wheelchair user and an elderly, interracial gay male couple. "―Kirkus Reviews

"Accompanied by Kerrigan's muted, pastel-coloured illustrations… Smith's narrative creates a fully rounded and sympathetic storyline with characters with whom youngsters will likely be able to identify…A delicious, enjoyable, and necessary narrative for modern families with a non-normative makeup. Highly Recommended."―CM: Canadian Review of Materials

"A fond and sympathetic story, told with attractive particulars, of the challenging pitfalls of aging and their effects on the family…[A] welcome reminder that even after a daunting change, family can still be family."―The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

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