“What did Grandpa look like?” a young girl asks. Her grandma describes her grandpa in terms of physical traits of extended family members the girl knows. Her grandpa had a face shaped like her youngest uncle, Mason; eyes like her middle uncle, Chang-Zi; a nose like her eldest uncle, Leo; and so on. Each of those relatives shares a memory of her grandpa—something that is concrete yet grounded in feeling. “When your grandpa looked at the world, he was quiet and patient like a crocodile. When he closed his eyes, his imagination sparked,” says Uncle Leo. Her Aunt Zai-Zi, whose mouth is most like her grandpa’s, describes her grandpa’s voice in the stories he told: “he had a dove’s voice, duck’s voice, lion’s voice, lamb’s voice … and countless other voices.” Even though she never met her grandpa, the girl misses him. “You can meet him in your heart,” her grandma says. This unusual, emotionally resonant picture book features a Chinese family and is translated into Mandarin on the end papers, where it also appears in pinyin. (Ages 4–8)

A 2019 New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book
For fans of Ed Young and Peter Sis, this breathtaking picture book, from LBYR's first Emerging Artist Award Winner, Jin Xiaojing, is the perfect read for anyone who has lost a loved one.
A young girl has never met her grandpa. He passed away before she was born, but she misses him every day. She often wonders...what did he look like?
Grandma says: His face was shaped like the moon, his mouth was good at telling stories, and his hair was as curly as a bird's nest.
With the help of her grandma and the rest of her loving family, will this young girl be able to imagine her grandpa's face in her mind--and feel the love that he shared with others?