The Perfect Gift from Grandparents to Grandchildren

If you are a grandparent reading this, then we already understand each other. You know the particular ache of loving someone this much — and the very particular trouble of finding them a gift that says so.

Because by the time we become grandparents, most of us have learned a thing or two about gifts. We know the toy of the moment will be under the sofa by next week. We know the wardrobe is already full. What we want to give is something harder to wrap: a sense of being treasured, a little piece of us, something they will still have when we are only a photograph on the mantelpiece.

What we really want to give them

It isn't really the thing, is it? It's the message inside it. You are loved. You matter. I am so glad you are here. The best grandparent gifts are simply the ones that carry that message most clearly — and that keep carrying it, year after year, long after the occasion has passed.

We are not really giving a present. We are giving a feeling they can hold in their hands.

Gifts that bridge the miles

So many of us live a good distance from our grandchildren now — a few counties, or a few oceans away. That distance is its own small heartbreak. I am fond of gifts that close the gap a little: something of you that lives in their home. A personalised book is rather wonderful for this. You can read it together over a video call, the same pages on both screens. And on the nights you can't be there, the story carries on without you — in your words, with your dedication on the very first page.

Why a personalised story

When a grandchild opens a book and finds that they are the hero — their name, their likeness, an adventure that is theirs alone — something lights up in them. It is the same light I wanted to see in my own two grandchildren, born just three days apart, when I first dreamed up TripleGem Books. A story like that gets read again and again, and one day they read it to their own little ones. That is about as close to forever as a gift can get.

A few gentle tips

• Write the dedication yourself. A few honest words from you will be the most valuable thing on the shelf.
• Sending it straight to them? We have a gift option — tick it and we will send it directly, with your message inside. The FAQ explains how.
• Choose the hardcover for a true keepsake, or the ebook if you'd like it in their hands within hours.

Take it from a grandmother: you cannot go wrong giving a child the feeling that they are the hero of the story. It is, after all, exactly what they are to us.

With love,
Granny T
Founder of TripleGem Books

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