William and the Good Old Days - Hardcover

Greenfield, Eloise

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060210931 ISBN 13: 9780060210939

Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1993

Synopsis

A little boy remembers his grandmother before she became ill, and during her long recovery he tries to imagine how things will be when she comes home from the hospital

About this title

About the Author:

Eloise Greenfield's love of writing shines through brilliantly in each and every one of her books, which include Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems and How They Got Over: African Americans and the Call of the Sea, both illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist. She is the recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award, the Foundation for Children's Literature Hope S. Dean Award, and the National Council for the Social Studies Carter G. Woodson Book Award. In 2018 she received the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. Ms. Greenfield lives in Washington, DC. You can follow her on Twitter @ELGreenfield.

From Publishers Weekly:

Once again Greenfield displays commendable sensitivity in this story about an African American boy who must cope with a beloved grandmother's illness. William reminisces about the "good old days" before Grandma got sick and lost her sight. He longs for the times at Grandma's restaurant--a nurturing world full of loving family and friends--"where all those happy people -sounds would make my food taste extra, extra good." Eventually William begins to focus on the "good new days," planning how Grandma can help him plant flowers despite her blindness. Greenfield captures not only the language of a child but also a credible reaction to the decline of a grandparent: anger, sadness, compassion and, ideally, the courage to accept and move forward. As in the author and artist's Night on Neighborhood Street , the text fits hand-in-glove with Gil-christ's paintings, equally rich in emotion and in tenderness for their subjects, their compositions delicately juxtaposing William's everyday circumstances and those he yearns for. Ages 4-8.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0060210931
• ISBN 13: 9780060210939
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 29
• Illustrator: Gilchrist Jan Spivey