The de­but chil­dren’s book Grand­ma’s Song: A Chil­dren’s Book About Mem­o­ry Loss And The Gift Of Mu­sic was writ­ten by daugh­ter of the soil, and Ten­nessee-based au­thor Jew­el Alexan­der. While it has not had its de­but in T&T, it is al­ready re­ceiv­ing out­stand­ing re­views, and as one re­view­er stat­ed: “This book should be used in schools world­wide.”

Jew­el’s late moth­er, a main char­ac­ter in the book, is revered in the his­to­ry books of Trinidad and To­ba­go as one of the first women, if not the first woman, to ever play the steel­pan.

Grand­ma’s Song has been de­scribed as a “thought­ful sto­ry about a grand­moth­er’s mem­o­ry loss through the eyes of a child.” An­oth­er re­view touts “this book il­lus­trates for chil­dren that al­though they are young, they can still make a dif­fer­ence in the life of an adult.”

The chil­dren’s book Grand­ma’s Song is a heart­warm­ing sto­ry for chil­dren and care­givers. It is a sto­ry based on re­al events in the au­thor’s life and de­picts ag­ing and mem­o­ry loss. It show­cas­es the love with­in a fam­i­ly, and the pow­er­ful gift of mu­sic.