{"product_id":"a-memory-book-school-days-and-young-years-paperback","title":"A Memory Book — School Days and Young Years (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book gives someone you love a way back to the school gate, the first wage and the Saturday-night dance, and a place to write it all down. Each question sits on its own page with room for the answer, so the stories end up on paper in their own words and handwriting. It is something a screen cannot give: a real book you hold, write in, and hand on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWho it is for\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor older readers, including people living with dementia or memory loss, and for the families, carers and activity staff who sit with them. The book is made for reminiscence: there are no wrong answers and no right speed. Read a page aloud and talk it through together, or keep it as a private journal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat is inside\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight chapters, each with its own opening page: First Day at School, The Schoolhouse, Best Friends at School, First Job, First Car or Bicycle, Music and Dances, Young Love, and Becoming an Adult. Across them are 80 activities, one to a page:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e64 reminiscence prompts, set in 18pt type above ruled lines that fill the rest of the page. They ask about the smell of the classroom first thing in the morning, what was in the lunch box, the first wage, a tune on the wireless and the first front door key.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 word searches: small 8 x 8 grids of eight themed words, running across or down only, with the solutions at the back.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 picture pages, each with a frame for a family photograph and five questions to talk about.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eA how-to page at the front explains each kind of activity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e98 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8.5 x 11 in (US Letter)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback, perfect bound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e60# cream, uncoated paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack and white interior\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLarge print (prompts set at 18pt)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished under our Sovereign Publishing imprint. Every copy is printed to order, and shipping is free on every order, within Australia and internationally. Paperbacks take approximately 3 weeks to arrive; that is an estimate, and it can be longer for remote destinations or during November and December.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available as a \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/products\/a-memory-book-school-days-and-young-years-1\"\u003ehardcover\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Analog Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67823444721800,"sku":"8mjqvv","price":49.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/3805\/9912\/files\/a-memory-book-school-days-and-young-years-1-cover-front-24sep_9b2ccbef-3ab5-4dc4-8657-e52c31b57088.jpg?v=1793621596","url":"https:\/\/analog-society.com\/fr\/products\/a-memory-book-school-days-and-young-years-paperback","provider":"Analog Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}