The Ultimate Guide to Grandmas & Grandpas! [Hardcover]

Sally Lloyd-Jones (Author), Michael Emberley (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Did you know that when you have a grandma or a grandpa, there are guidelines for how best to take care of them? There are all sorts of special things you need to do to make them feel loved. Now here at last is a manual packed with advice, pointers, and helpful hints. For instance, you need to dance for them, sing to them, draw pictures for them, and even hold their hand when they cross the street! It's also very important that sometimes you take a nap with them (so that they're not the only ones). But most importantly, you need to give them lots of hugs and kisses—because that's what grandmas and grandpas like best!

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 3—In this story about how children should treat their elders, grandparents and grandchildren representing all kinds of animal species play together, enjoy snacks, take trips, tell stories, snuggle, and share secrets. Lloyd-Jones's text is both charming and tongue-in-cheek as she explains the rules for a variety of youngster/oldster interactions: "It's important to let your grandpa have some of your ice cream, and let him build you big sand castles like when he was a boy"; or, "You need to teach your grandma football, let her score touchdowns, and then shout, 'Good job, Grandma!'" Emberley's enchanting illustrations mirror each character's personality: a monkey grandfather, wearing a hoop earring and pushed-up spectacles, sits on a lounge chair and reads to a lap full of squirming grandbabies; a large bear is hugged by a circle of smiling cubs; and a pig grandmother sits on a couch with two piglets and a bucket of popcorn. The joys, frivolities, and frustrations that are part of the intergenerational dynamic as well as the special bond that exists nowhere else are all delightfully conveyed with deadpan humor in both text and art.—Jane Marino, Bronxville Public Library, NY
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (April 22, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006075687X
• ISBN-13: 978-0060756871
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 10.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #201,265 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great book, May 29, 2008

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grace "grandma" (new york) - See all my reviews

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Wonderful book. Made everyone smile and nod their heads. It is a great gift for a new grandparent and well as a grandchild.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adorable!, January 7, 2009

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Adorable little book to read to grandchildren. Delightfully illustrated. Sweet gift to new grandparents.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Learn to be a be a grandparent., September 25, 2011

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This book is so precious!!! It uses things that the child should be learning to teach a grandparent how to behave. This is a great gift for expectant grandparents. I loved this as much as my grandaughter. My girl was able to go over safety and the ways I should behave. I think I learned a LOT!