Adorable Granpa gamely nurses his granddaughter’s dolls, eats her pretend strawberry-flavored ice cream, takes her tobogganing in the snow, and falls in step with her imaginary plans to captain a ship to Africa—like all good grandfathers should. Winner of the Kate Maschler Award, this poignant tale of friendship and loss is one children will long remember.
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“Subtle and brilliant.” -- TES
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Adorable Granpa nurses his granddaughter?s dolls, mistakes her strawberry-flavoured pretend ice cream for chocolate, and falls in with her imaginary plans to captain a ship to Africa. It is a friendship that children who read this book will long remember.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
wonderful book for all ages,
By jump___ (Seoul, Korea) - See all my reviews
This review is from: GRANPA (New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book Award) (Hardcover)
My 3-year old daughter likes this book a lot and so do I, both the pictures and the simple yet affecting story. It is basically a series of scenes of the little girl playing with her granpa, each accompanied with just a few words spoken, such as a scene where she is playinmg with mudcakes and granpa says "'This is a lovely chocolate ice cream.'to which she says 'It's not chocolate, it's strawberry.'" or another scene--that resonates only too well with real life--where granpa seems peeved and someone, perhaps the girl's mother off-stage, says "That was not a nice thing to say to granpa." And these scenes are interspersed with scenes of imagination or wistful memory, in a playful and clever way. The illustrations are beautiful, to our eyes anyway; they are perhaps somewhat rough or sketchy, but the author's technique is always fresh, engaging and colorful. (We have 6 or 7 of his books now, this one being the favorite.) The book is quite moving, as you will see. Our 3-year old is delighted with every page of the book, but also seems to, you know, sort of get the deeper drift of it. An excellent book, entertaining, subtle, moving.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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most loving book!,
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This review is from: Granpa (Paperback)
this book is incredible! the movie format is magical. i bought it for my daughter before my father died. we loved it. after my father died, i could not open the book for over a year. it was so heartbreaking. but, now it's so comforting. wonderful book for all ages. movie is a great companion.
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