Grandpa's Hotel [Library Binding]

Riki Levinson (Author), David Soman (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1995 | Age Level: 5 and up

Staying at the yellow house by Grandpa's hotel every summer, sixteen young cousins and their parents share high-energy adventures that include swimming, softball games, and huge Sunday lunches.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 3-A small, plotless remembrance set in an unspecific place (looks like the Catskills) and time (seems like the 1940s). A large extended family including 13 children gather at grandfather's hotel for a vacation. The gang swims, rocks on the big porch, gathers eggs for Sunday breakfast, and cadges bread from the hotel bakery. When various uncles complain that the children are eating up the profits, Grandpa responds with, "Who else should we feed better than our grandchildren?" While Soman's action-filled pictures and the narrator's enthusiasm for large-family doings may make even the most family-ridden child envious, readers may also wonder-did they read? Take naps? Play board games? Do anything quiet? Have rainy day activities? How did they all fit in and sleep in that little tiny outbuilding called "our house" next to the big hotel? All in all, though, Grandpa's hotel looks like a nice place to visit.
Susan Hepler, Alexandria City Public Schools, VA
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Ages 4^-7. Seemingly set in the Catskills during the 1940s or early 1950s, this remembrance describes the fun a young girl and her extensive family have at her grandparents' hotel. The young narrator and her 13 cousins play softball and croquet, eat Grandma's cooking, and wait for three more cousins to be born. Uncle Herbie, who's in charge of the finances, thinks that the profits are being eaten up (literally) by too much family, but Grandpa won't hear of it--there's nothing sweeter than children. From the grandfather's yarmulke, it's clear that this is an Orthodox Jewish family, but there's nothing in the text to reflect that. More of a mood piece than an actual story, this blankets itself in the warmth of family. Affection and devotion are also manifest in the watercolor art that re-creates the hubbub that comes when so many family members gather in one place. Ilene Cooper --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Library Binding
• Publisher: Orchard Books (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0531087751
• ISBN-13: 978-0531087756
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,175,069 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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