32 pp. Pub: 8/95. *****Grandma's smile welcomes Kim whenever she comes to visit--in winter, when she and Grandma play in the snow, in spring, when they fly kites and plant the garden, in summer, when they pick peaches and picnic in the grass. And in autumn, Kim's jack-o'-lantern wears a smile that looks awfully familiar. Full-color. Pub; 8/95.
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From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 2?This fourth offering depicting the relationship between Grandma and Kim is much like the other three?a quiet slice-of-life story rather than a plotted narrative, with muted illustrations that correspond fittingly to the mood. This time it is fall and Kim and her grandmother are harvesting the biggest and last of the pumpkins that the girl helped to plant during the summer in Grandma's Garden (Lothrop, 1994) to enter it in the jack-o-lantern contest at the local fall festival. At first Kim is reluctant to carve up her pumpkin, but with a little encouragement she agrees, deciding to use her Grandma's smile as a model. The muted orange and gold colors reinforce the seasonal mood. Grandma and Kim are the only two characters directly pictured, but their faces are expressive and engaging. This book joins an ever-increasing number of intergenerational stories for young children, but because of its fall motif, it will certainly find a place on most library shelves and in most classrooms as an additional harvest or autumn story.?Linda Greengrass, Bank Street College Library, New York City
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Ages 4^-6. The loving relationship between Kim and her grandma is further explored in this fourth book about the twosome. With the intent of entering it in the jack-o'-lantern contest, Kim and her grandma take their huge, homegrown pumpkin to the annual fall festival. After fun and food at the fair, Kim carves a smiling face on her pumpkin, inspired by her grandma's special smile. All the experiences of a country fall festival are vividly portrayed in this intergenerational story. The lush illustrations are so evocative of autumn that readers can almost hear the fallen leaves crinkle under their feet and feel the crispness of the autumn air. April Judge
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