A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the 21st Century (So Far) A 2022 Mildred L. Batchelder Honor Book A Finalist for the 2022 Kirkus Prize in Young Readers’ Literature A USBBY Outstanding International Book of 2022 A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of 2022 A 2021 Penn Graduate School of Education Best Book for Young Readers “A gentle, sensitively crafted story of intergenerational relationships, the text is an honest, affirming portrayal of love, dementia, depression, frustration, and hope. Lush illustrations support the poetic, poignant, and powerful text’s messages.”
American Library Association

“Love endures, even as memories are lost, in this inspiring, compassionate, and necessary story.”
2022 Batchelder Chair

A child observes as Grandpa loses first words, then abilities and memories. Birkjær’s matter-of-fact text, translated from Danish, and Kjærgaard’s graceful, impressionistic illustrations are both sophisticated and child-friendly. Gentle yet forthright, this stirring, evocative picture book makes a topic that even adults find difficult accessible for a young audience.
Kirkus Editors, in the announcement for the finalists for the Kirkus Prize for Young Readers

“A moving portrayal of late-life dementia... In Anna Margrethe Kjaergaard’s soft watercolors, we see beautiful scenes from a close intergenerational relationship... There is an unusually truthful quality to this beautiful book, which doesn’t shy from showing the painful realities of memory loss but which also points the way to a new, consolatory kind of family love. Translated from the Danish by Sinéad Quirke Køngerskov, Coffee, Rabbit, Snowdrop, Lost recently won a Mildred L. Batchelder Honor as an outstanding children’s book originally published in a foreign language and country.”
The Wall Street Journal