IndieBound In this elegiac story about love and loss, a youngest grandchild becomes his grandfatherâs eyes when the older man begins to lose his sight. Milo is ânot a talker,â explains his older sister Emma, who narrates, but he pays attention when Grandpa catalogs the birds he loves, the bald eagle chief among them: âThe eagle sees the full sky, he sees the world!â Grandpa says. In loose watercolor, pastel, and graphite art, Sheban (
Three Squeezes) captures the grace and power of the birds Grandpa admires, and conveys the grandeur of the rural landscape that the family occupies. When Grandpaâs sight becomes more limited, Milo turns out to have been listening carefully. âWhatâs that bird?â asks Grandpa. âI can hear him in the fruit trees, but I canât see him.â âCedar waxwing,â Milo promptly replies. And itâs Milo who helps his family understand what has happened when his grandfather isnât there a