Valerie and the Silver Pear - Hardcover

Darling, Benjamin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 002726100X ISBN 13: 9780027261004

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1992

Synopsis

In memory of her beloved grandmother, Valerie and her grandfather join forces to celebrate Grandma's life by preserving her tradition of making pies from the pears that are ready to be harvested.

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From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 3-- The warm, caring relationship between Valerie and her widowed grandfather is at the heart of this wonderful story. One day when she bikes over to Grandpa's house, they notice that the pears on the tree in his yard are ripe. He tells her that in past years the tree produced one silver pear, which her grandmother liked to give away. Valerie is eager to pick all the fruit in case she should be the lucky finder. But what would they do with all the pears? They remember Grandma's recipe book and decide to make pies (recipe included). They find no silver pear, but Grandpa gives Valerie her grandmother's silver bracelet with a tiny pear hanging from it. Lane's watercolor illustrations overlayed with crayon are full of detail. Their cozy depiction of Grandpa's house happily awash with pictures and mementos of a life richly lived perfectly suits this rich, quiet story of an intergenerational relationship that all children deserve. --Susan Hepler, Alexandria City Public Schools, VA
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 002726100X
• ISBN 13: 9780027261004
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Lane Daniel