A heartbreaking story about learning to cope with loss from the Caldecott Honor winning author of WAITING When a person is gone, you need something to remember her by. It’s been only two months since Spoon Gilmore’s grandmother died, but already he’s worried that he’ll forget her. He needs something of Gran’s, something that matters , something special. But Spoon’s little sister, Joanie, won’t stop tagging along and pestering him, even when they go to their grandfather’s house. And that’s why Spoon winds up doing what he does . . . “Exceptionally moving. . . . Readers will savor the understated narrative and its powerful message of affirmation.”— Publishers Weekly Kevin Henkes has been praised both as a writer and as an illustrator. He received the Caldecott Medal for  Kitten’s First Full Moon ; Caldecott Honors for  Owen and Waiting ; two Newbery Honors—one for  Olive’s Ocean  and one for  The Year of Billy Miller —and Geisel Honors for  Penny and Her Marble  and for  Waiting . His other books include  Old Bear, A Good Day, Chrysanthemum , and the beloved  Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse . Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin. www.kevinhenkes.com sun and spoon, memory, memories, Grandmother, childhood