The picture book, Granddad's Fishing Buddy by Mary Quigley is a uplifting book with beautiful watercolor pictures that brings me back to my childhood. This story is about a little girl her goes to stay at her grandparents house. She wakes up really early because she knows her grandpa wakes up early to go fishing. She begs him to take her with on his morning ritual. It is apparent the girl wants to go fishing with her grandpa because she wants to spend time with him, and not because she enjoys fishing. She is excited to do anything as long as its with her grandpa. This story reminds me when I was a little girl and wanted to do anything my dad, even if it meant golfing, which I knew i did not like. I would do anything with my dad because I looked up to him so much. I remember one time my dad took me to the driving range to hit golf balls. After we were done, my dad told me he was going to take me to get a smoothie because that is what he does every Saturday afternoon after he golfs. I felt so special that I got to take part in something my dad loves to do. Similarly, the girl in the book gets to meet her granddad's special friend the heron, and realizes the heron helps her granddad catch fish. It seems like the girl in the book is so excited to be apart of her granddad's ritual of fishing and spending time with the heron because she knows it is something her granddad loves to do as well.
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