Ron Grady – författare

Beatrice loves her idyllic life in the countryside and all that comes with it. She loves building snow people in the winter, gardening in the spring, catching fireflies in the summer, and frolicking through freshly-fallen leaves in autumn. But when Papa gets a new job in a faraway city, Beatrice’s entire world changes. Saying goodbye to Gram and the stories she tells of her long-ago adventures hurts most of allHer dads try to help Beatrice love her new apartment in the city, but not even the nearby playground or friendly dog neighbors can lift her spirits. She worries this new place will never feel like home.But when a surprise care package from Gram arrives, containing a notebook, a camera, and some encouragement, Bea knows just what to do. Suddenly, there’s a new adventure around every corner of her new city - so many things to do and see… from rumbly underground train rides and sights along the water to checkers in the park and making new friends. It all goes into Beatrice’s scrapbook of memories that finally make her city a home. She couldn’t wait to share her stories of adventure with Gram who has one more surprise - a holiday visit.With Ron Grady’s signature collage style that radiates warmth, Beatrice Looks for Home is a soothing picture book about embracing new experiences and finding home in new places

This book explores the social lives of preschoolers, exploring how they navigate friendship, conflict, and belonging throughout the school year. Through a collection of vivid stories children shared from their own perspectives, plus a thoughtfully curated collection of children’s visual work, this book highlights the richness and complexity of children’s relational pursuits, including how they both navigate tension and express deep desires for connection in the early years of school. Drawing from critical childhood studies and informed by children’s right to voice, the book encourages readers to both respect children’s agency and strive to understand their diverse childhood experiences. This story of three boys— each with unique personalities but united by a strong desire to be friends— offers a powerful lens into the multiplexity of social and emotional development. Their challenges and struggles, resolutions and reconnections, challenge traditional ideas and ideals of what healthy social growth can look like, prompting educators to rethink what it means to foster emotional and relational well-being. Learning from Children in Early Childhood: A Year in the Lives of Young Friends is key reading for educators, researchers, and students interested in children’s social lives, relational worlds, and emotional development. It offers insights for those seeking to create inclusive, responsive environments that center children’s perspectives and experiences.

This book explores the social lives of preschoolers, exploring how they navigate friendship, conflict, and belonging throughout the school year. Through a collection of vivid stories children shared from their own perspectives, plus a thoughtfully curated collection of children’s visual work, this book highlights the richness and complexity of children’s relational pursuits, including how they both navigate tension and express deep desires for connection in the early years of school. Drawing from critical childhood studies and informed by children’s right to voice, the book encourages readers to both respect children’s agency and strive to understand their diverse childhood experiences. This story of three boys— each with unique personalities but united by a strong desire to be friends— offers a powerful lens into the multiplexity of social and emotional development. Their challenges and struggles, resolutions and reconnections, challenge traditional ideas and ideals of what healthy social growth can look like, prompting educators to rethink what it means to foster emotional and relational well-being. Learning from Children in Early Childhood: A Year in the Lives of Young Friends is key reading for educators, researchers, and students interested in children’s social lives, relational worlds, and emotional development. It offers insights for those seeking to create inclusive, responsive environments that center children’s perspectives and experiences.

Capture beautiful and intentional photographs for documenting young childrens lives.In this book, author Ron Grady invites teachers to reflect on their own practice as educators using what is one of the most accessible but perhaps least deeply considered practices of documentation: photography. Photography is an accessible and powerful tool for reflection and documentation, and childrens day-to-day experiences in settings of care and education deserve to be captured with intense attention. The book is arranged as a series of artistic workshops that invites early childhood educators through a course in photography, considering its practice, its documentational potential, its aesthetic and logistical challenges, and its creative possibilities.