Grandad’s Pride

Grandad and Milly are back for another adventure, this time honoring the past and celebrating the future with a pride parade. This heartwarming tale continues to wonderful journey that began with the Stonewall Honoree, British Book Award winner, and Waterstones Best Illustrated Book, Grandad’s Camper.

Top Ten Titles for Young Readers - ALA Rainbow List
Lambda Literary Lammy Award Finalist

＂A winner from beginning to end-and affirmation that Pride belongs in every community.＂ - Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW

＂Bustling, bright-hued images with a rainbow motif show the intersectionally diverse community-portraying people of varying abilities, body types, gender expressions, and skin tones-preparing for the event, giving each page a celebratory vibe. In this gladly intergenerational view of Pride, Woodgate’s sequel to Grandad’s Camper offers a familial portrait that twines past and present.＂ - Publishers Weekly

After Milly discovers a pride flag in Grandad’s attic, this adorable pair are motivated by the past to start a pride parade in their small town. Activism and celebration go hand in hand as the town gathers to help ＂build a world where everyone is proud to be themselves.＂ This beautiful follow-up to Grandad’s Camper is filled with heart and purpose.

Harry Woodgate is the Stonewall Honor award-winning author and illustrator of Grandad’s Camper. Inspired by their university dissertation which revealed a lack of representation for older LGBT characters in children’s books, Grandad’s Camper also won Best Illustrated Book in the 2022 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. Harry writes and illustrates diverse, inclusive stories that inspire young readers to be inquisitive, creative, kind, and proud of what makes them unique.