Sweet, Sweet Memory

Jacqueline Woodsons evocative story about the power of sharing memories, with glorious illustrations by Tonya Engel

The earth changes, Sarahs grandpa always said as they worked together in his garden.Like us, some part of it never dies. Everything and everyone goes on and on.

Now that Grandpas gone, though, its hard for Sarah to imagine on and on without him. But when loved ones gather to share stories of Grandpa, she begins to understand how much he meant to so many people. And when the harvest comes in and family and friends gather for a sunset supper, they make sweet new memories, reminding Sarah that everything and everyone truly does go on and on.

Jacqueline Woodson(JacquelineWoodson.com) received a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship,a MacArthur Fellowship, the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and the Childrens Literature Legacy Award. She was the 2022 Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence, and was the 20182019 National Ambassador for Young Peoples Literature. HerNew York Timesbestselling memoir,Brown Girl Dreaming, won the National Book Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, a Newbery Honor, and an NAACP Image Award. Herdozens of books for young readers include Coretta Scott King Award and NAACP Image Award winnerBefore the Ever After,New York TimesbestsellersThe Day You BeginandHarbor Me, Newbery Honor winnersFeathers,Show Way, andAfter Tupac and D Foster, and the picture bookEach Kindness, which won the Jane Addams Childrens Book Award. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.

Tonya Engel(TonyaEngelArt.com)also illustratedYaya and the Sea(byKaren Good Marable),Because Claudette(by Tracey Baptiste),My Hair Is Magic(by M. L. Marroquin),Rise!(byBethany Hegedus), and Beacon of Hope: The Life of Barack Obama (by Doreen Rappaport). She has had studios in New York, Paris, Houston, Spain, and Austin, where she lives now.

• Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
• Publish Date: January 20, 2026
• Pages: 32
• Language: English
• Type: Hardcover
• EAN/UPC: 9780593530849
• Dimensions: 10.0 X 9.0 X 0.0 inches | 1.3 pounds
• BISAC Categories: Kids