Grandma's Promise - Hardcover

Moore, Elaine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688067409 ISBN 13: 9780688067403

Publisher: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1988

Synopsis

Kim spends the week after Christmas with her grandmother and enjoys every minute--sleeping by the wood stove, ice skating on the pond, and feeding the birds.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 3 A sequel to Grandma's House (Lothrop, 1985), which was about a little girl's summer visit to her rural grand mother's house , this story describes a winter visit. Grandma is an able-bodied farm woman who does more than simply cook and look charming. She is not an cient, just mature, and looks anything but stereotypical. She passes on both memories of earlier times and survival skills while managing not to be cloyingly cute or charming. She takes obvious pleasure in her granddaughter, and the little girl returns the feeling. The warmth of family life and homestead come through clearly in this story, as do the glorious landscapes and indoor scenes. The soft watercolors give a translucent aura to the pictures, while not obscuring the realistic detail of the story. An all- American story of home life in a rural setting, realistically and sympathetically told. Ruth K. MacDonald, Depart ment of English, New Mexico State Uni versity, Las Cruces
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From Publishers Weekly:

A winter trip to her grandmother's country home is a special event for Kimshe usually goes in the summertime. And thanks to a storm that makes the electricity go out, the visit is full of cozy details like sleeping on a bedroll near a woodstove, eating oatmeal with fruit chunks in it, stuffing pine cones with a peanut-butter mixture for the birds and wearing skates to the frozen pondskates that were Kim's mother's when she was a little girl. The promise of summerbuds on the treesis Grandma's assurance that Kim will return when the weather is warm. But in Moore's world, the special charms of winterlovingly illustrated by Primavera, who details patterned sweaters, quilts, the steaming kettle on the stove in misty, muted toneswill linger with Kim and readers through spring. Ages 5-8.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lothrop Lee & Shepard
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0688067409
• ISBN 13: 9780688067403
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Primavera Elise