One day, I took my children to the bookstore and came across this picture book. I judged that it was a good book only from the fact that the front cover and the back cover were wrapped in plastic, and persuaded the child to put down the one with rough content that he wanted to buy and buy it as a birthday present for him.

I read it to him that night, but I was moved to tears by the language and picture of the story.

That day, my son took out this book and asked me to read it to him. I thought I was numb. I saw in the song Can You Whistle, johanna that Beckham tried his best to visit his grandfather, but his grandfather's room was cleaned and it smelled of disinfectant. When that detail was in it, I began to cry, wiped my tears and nose with the paper towel handed by my son, and kept on reading.

At that moment, the voices of my late grandfather and parents lingered in my heart, and sadness flooded me again.

David Beckham, a boy, sees that "I" has a grandfather who loves me, and he can also get pocket money from him, usually in 2 yuan and on his birthday in 5 yuan. He was envious and said that he also wanted to have a grandfather. "I" told him that it was easy. I would help Beckham find one and take him to a nursing home.

David Beckham took a marigold as a gift from his neighbor's garden. He saw an old gentleman, Niels, and asked him to be his grandfather. Niels, the old gentleman, was very happy. He took them to have coffee, proudly announced that David Beckham was his grandson in public, and gave him 5 yuan before he left. David Beckham and Niels are very happy together and feel a kind of affection that they have never experienced before.

Beckham thinks grandpa should take his grandson to play, such as fishing, but Mr. Niels can't go too far and can't meet Beckham's requirements. Just before Beckham visited again, he carefully prepared the tools for making kites.

They went to play in the wild together. Mr. Niels brought a small box with a silk scarf he gave to his beloved wife at the bottom.

He made a kite out of a light and slippery silk scarf and happily played the tune "Can you whistle, johanna?" This attracted Beckham's admiration. He said he must learn to whistle and play this tune.

When children say that kites need tails, they take off their ties and make kites' tails without hesitation. Unfortunately, there was no wind that day, and they never put kites on it.

When two little boys visited Niels, they found that he always had a band-aid on his chin. This time, they put two pieces on it. When they learned that the old man's hands were shaking badly and his chin was always bleeding, Beckham said I could shave Mr. Niels next time. They also agreed that next Friday would be Mr. Niels' birthday, and they would come to celebrate his birthday with him and do what Mr. Niels liked to do when he was a child-stealing cherries.

Beckham spent a lot of thought and money on preparing his grandfather Niels' birthday: he tried to whistle every day and took out all the money in the piggy bank, but it was still not enough, so he tried to make another sum of money.

Together, they prepared a beautiful silk tie for grandpa Niels-grandpa's tie made a kite tail, and Beckham wanted to give him the best and brand-new one; One of the biggest cigars and pig's feet wrapped in aspic-because "my" grandfather likes these, the little boys think all grandfathers like them, so they are all ready.

On grandpa's birthday, the little boy dressed up and went to the nursing home to shave Mr. Niels. Mr. Niels put on his best suit and went out for his birthday with the children. When he went out, the nurse told the two little boys that Mr. Niels had a bad heart and should be taken good care of.

They had dinner together, climbed to the cherry tree of their neighbor gustafson's house, sat and chatted happily, and ate delicious stolen cherries together. The owner of the cherry found it and was almost caught, which made Mr. Niels happily return to his childhood at the end of his life and experienced an exciting climb to steal the cherry, although Niels fell to the ground when he came down from the tree.

Finally, one day, the tired and excited Beckham learned to play "johanna, can you whistle?" He immediately asked "I" to see his grandfather, but when he arrived at the nursing home, he found that the room was different:

Mrs. Niels' photo frame and other standing objects are gone, and the empty room only smells of disinfectant. The kind Dora told them that Niels had left and hugged Beckham, who was in tears, to comfort him. Then they attended Mr. Niels' funeral together.

At the funeral, Beckham played Mr. Niels' favorite "Can You Whistle, johanna" as his grandson and sent Mr. Niels away.

At the end of the story, Beckham and "I" went to fly a kite, and the kite flew high in the air. Mr. Niels must be smiling at this beautiful scenery, too, right? !

His grandson misses him and cherishes him, and he also cares for his grandson, just like a real grandchild.

This is a picture book about love education and death education.

With short stories and concise brushstrokes, the author clearly outlines several characters such as "I", Beckham, Niels, Dora and even gustafson, and tells the story of Mr. Niels' love for his wife and his love for strangers like a real grandchild, which is warm and healing.

For an instant, I remembered the phrase "happy but not obscene, sad but not hurt". Yes, emotions are interlinked, and so are some ways of expressing emotions.

I am lucky to read such a beautiful picture book story.

Fortunately, I read it to my son when he was young and watched it with him.

If you are a parent who loves children and pays attention to parent-child reading, this picture book must not be missed!