Customer Reviews

My Grandma and I (And I Series)

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Raising a grandchild poses many hurddles. One of them is finding books that address the situation of Grandparent as Parent. Thankfully, this beautiful story answers that need. Unlike the standard fare of books like Runaway Bunny, the caregiver in this story is the Grandmother, not the mother. My Grandaughter loved to hear about a child living with his Grandma, and all the fun they have together.

I gave this book to my mom for mother's day. I was hoping that she would enjoy reading it to my son, her grandson. It has a wonderful little story of all the things grandmas can do with their grandchildren. It even gave her ideas! She loves it and he loves to hear her read it. P.K. Hallinan writes wonderful stories.

P.K. Hallinan has a way with words and pictures. We bought many of these books over the years, but this one will always hold a special place in my son's heart. We lost Grandma when he was 5, but he'll always have this book that reminds him of the happy times they shared before she got sick.

My Grandma and I is a fun book by P.K. Hallinan about a boy and a girl's relationship with their grandma. The book describes and pictures them playing hide and seek, playing with crayons and clay, playing counting games, working in the garden, fishing, watching movies, playing at the beach, eating a picnic - all with grandma. Grandma is also shown comforting a little one after he's fallen off a bike, giving the kids a bath, and putting them to bed. Christianity plays a backseat role in this book and only comes up at bedtime (prayer), and when Grandma comforts a child (by "showing compassion and God's tender ways').

What I Like: The illustrations are colorful and fun, showing a gray-haired, but young-at-heart grandma. The text is in rhyme.

What I dislike: Nothing.

Overall Rating: Excellent.

Age Appeal: 4 to 8, but my baby has enjoyed this book since she was about 9 months old.

Kristina, Editor at "Christian Children's Book Review"

Great books for little ones. I'm not sure what 'TJ's Mommy' was thinking in her review..or what kind of child she has. My daughter loves the sing-song nature of these children's book and has easily learned words to 'participate' in reading her books because she remembers the patterns and easily responds to the rhyming line. Rhyming is a great way to help kids begin understanding word patterns. Yes, a few of the books do include church and/or God but...some of us believe in that. Just because you don't it doesn't make a book bad. My husband does not believe in God BUT 'My Daddy and I' is his favorite book to read with our daughter. Cute illustrations and an easy read for bed time (enough story but not too long to drag it out).

All four volumes in the Hallinan series "My ____ and I" suffer from googly, balloony illustration and such torturously forced rhymes as could only have come from utterly uninspired use of a rhyming dictionary. Two examples: From My Mommy and I: "We like to dress up and go out to church/We like having picnics in the dogwood and birch." For My Daddy and I: "We like telling stories/We like pedal cars/We like sharing cares as we stare at the stars." See a pattern here? In addition, two of the four volumes refer directly to "church" and one specifically to God. I am sorry that I read any of the four of these cloying, ugly volumes even once and am glad to have "disappeared" them before my child was old enough to have experienced them. If you do happen to be a lover of Precious Moments, however, then these are definitely for you.