Grandpas Little One [Hardcover]

Billy Crystal (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2006

Tony Award-winning comedian, director, actor, and bestselling author Billy Crystal is, above all things, a devoted grandfather. Drawn from his own experience, Grandpa's Little One tells the story of the first year in his grandbaby's life. It's a year filled with tender memories of every first-time event: first smile, first swim, first giggle and laugh, first piece of cake. Seen from a grandfather's point of view, each reverberates with love, tenderness, and a sense of humor.

Grandparents everywhere will recognize themselves in the words and pictures of this book.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Crystal's granddaughter turns a year old in this emotion-charged follow-up to I Already Know I Love You. "Happy birthday, little sweet one,/ you're one year old today./ I gave you your first piece of cake,/ once Mommy said, 'OK.' " Ironically, this talented comedian's stabs at humor tend toward the banal ("I'm glad it was hot out so we could/ go swimming in the pool./ I love to watch you do new things—/ all you used to do was drool"). More effective are revelations of simple yet precious moments, as the grandfather watches his daughter sharing a hug with her little one and delights in introducing the child to her image in the mirror. Porfirio's (The Littlest Angel) illustrations convey the affection between grandfather and his cherubic granddaughter. But in some images of the grandfather attempting to entertain the child, the narrator looks misshapen. The artist's other efforts, such as the antics of the affable family dog, which purloins a piece of birthday cake, and curls up at the foot of her crib at day's end, her birthday crown resting on its head, meet with greater success. Despite its occasionally stumbling rhythm and forced rhyme, Crystal's poem delivers sentiments that will likely strike a resonant chord with many grandparents. The author reads his narrative on an accompanying CD. All ages. (Apr.)
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About the Author

Tony Award-winning comedian, director, actor, and author Billy Crystal is just as importantly a grandfather. He charmed children and grown-ups alike as the voice of Mike Wazowski in Monsters, Inc. and starred in the hilarious movies Analyze This and City Slickers and He recently set box-office records with his smash Tony Award-winning one-man show on Broadway, 700 Sundays. The father of two grown daughters, Jennifer and Lindsay, Billy Crystal lives with his wife, Janice, in California.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 30 pages
• Publisher: Harper Collins, Inc. (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1422364259
• ISBN-13: 978-1422364253
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 10 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,748,543 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very impressive :-), April 11, 2006

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Little Miss Cutey (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grandpa's Little One (Hardcover)

I've always been a fan of Billy Crystal and I've read a few of his other kids books and enjoyed them, so I knew I'd love this too. It makes a fantastic gift for someone or just to have as an extra book for your child. My friends daughter has this and so I've read their copy admittedly. It's 32 pages and it's understandable for the kids.
It's all about the childs first year; first piece of cake, first time in a swimming pool etc. The illustrations are excellent (there is a hillarious picture of the Grandfather changing the diapers). Basically, this is another great book from the very funny Billy Crystal and it's so cute, that any child is bound to love it, and any Grandpa is bound to love reading it to his little one. I highly recommend it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Happy Father's Day, July 8, 2006

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Michelle Barrier (Morganton, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grandpa's Little One (Hardcover)

I bought this book for my father for Father's Day this year. He is a new grandpa to a baby boy, and even though the book is about a grandpa and his GRANDDAUGHTER, he loved it just the same. The illustrations make the book! They are wonderful. The expressions on the characters faces are perfect (just the face we all make when we have to change a stinky diaper). My dad thought this was a wonderful present to mark his first Grandfather's Day!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect first birthday gift!, March 3, 2007

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M. J. Dunn Reier (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grandpa's Little One (Hardcover)

AS a first-time grandfather to a granddaughter, when I saw this book three months after my granddaughter was born, I knew I had to have it come her first birthday. Luckily, Amazon had it, while local booksellers didn't. I don't care how well it's written. I don't teach English. What I love is that it captures much of our first year together, it's from me (unlike Grandma usually buying stuff for her), the pictures are great, and she can snuggle up on my lap while I read it to her, changing the words to personalize it even more to fit just the two of us. Billy Crystal did a great job capturing in words and pictures what I can't. I hope this special gift for my beautiful granddaughter will help her know in the years to come just how special she is to her grandpa! I'm betting she'll focus on that and not if the rhyme is forced (per another reviewer). Grandpa DR