Grandmother Remembers: A Written Heirloom for My Grandchild [Hardcover]

Judith Levy (Author), Judy Pelikan (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1983

Twenty years and 1.6 million copies later, this beautiful keepsake book is still a beloved family treasure. This charming album offers an appealing and accessible means for grandmothers to record family history, important events, and favorite anecdotes for their grandchildren. The lovingly illustrated four-color pages include places to write down favorite recipes, unforgettable family celebrations and traditions, and other memories that every grandmother loves to pass down. Inspirational poems and intriguing questions invite grandmothers to share fascinating facts about their lives, including stories about childhood, marriage, their own children, and their perceptions of life today. Although this is a grandmothers' book, there are pages for grandfathers to record their thoughts, too. A wonderful family heirloom, Grandmother Remembers is as lovely and relevant today as it was when it was first published twenty years ago.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Stewart, Tabori and Chang (April 1, 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 094143432X
• ISBN-13: 978-0941434324
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (78 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,963 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #4 in Books > Parenting & Relationships > Family Relationships > Grandparenting
  • #24 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Books & Reading

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47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Priceless, September 9, 2002

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Sharon E Stamis (PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grandmother Remembers: A Written Heirloom for My Grandchild (Hardcover)

I bought this book when it first came out in the 80's. My grandmother's life was always a mystery to my family. She never wanted to talk about it. This book helped her to realize that her life was important to us. The prompts were gentle and slowly she opened up to each question. Her story has helped us all to understand what she experienced. This book asks the gamit of geaneology questions and covers what we may not have thought about asking on our own. It has become the source for many a class project as our family trees are an ever famous topic through the various grade levels. This has been a way for my children to get to know their great grandmother and obtain the information from her first hand. It has made us realize the importance of obtaining one for each generation of the family.

47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Treasured Keepsake, January 1, 2001

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Michelle (El Dorado, AR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grandmother Remembers: A Written Heirloom for My Grandchild (Hardcover)

My grandmother was so very important to me. I gave her this book and she filled it out without me knowing. I found it the day she died. She wrote about her life, my grandfather, her parents, brothers, sisters and most importantly my dad who passed away four months before she did. I found out things I had not known and would never have known because of my daddy's early death and my grandmother's untimely death. I treasure this book and read it often. I feel as though Ma and Daddy are still with me. If you have a grandmother who is very important to you or you have a special grandchild this is the gift to give. It is wonderful! I am filling out "Mom Remembers" for my 11 week old daughter.

89 of 94 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Suitable for more "traditional" grandmother, December 2, 2004

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Avid Shopper "A.S." (Owensboro, KY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grandmother Remembers: A Written Heirloom for My Grandchild (Hardcover)

I bought this book as a christmas present for my grandmother on my father's side. However, I ended up giving it to my grandmother on my mother's side because my father's parents are divorced. This book is something that my grandmother would have enjoyed, had it not had such a focus on her dating, engagement, marriage, ect. Questions like, "What did he say when he purposed?" and "What would Grandpa want to tell the grandchild?" could be very painful to recall and possibly unanswerable. It's a great gift for my OTHER grandmother, though. I wouldn't reccomend it for the non-traditional situation. Three stars because, I almost was unable to give it as a gift at all.