My Great Grandpa - Softcover

Martin Waddell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0744578655 ISBN 13: 9780744578652

Publisher: Walker Childrens Paperbacks, 2001

Synopsis

A small girl takes her great grandpa out in his wheelchair and they talk about many things. When they return home he is grumpy and Grandma says how sad it must be to be like Great Grandpa. The little girl disagrees as she thinks it must be great to know all the things he does.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 2-- Whimsical British touches in Mansell's scratchy, double-page color illustrations support and broaden this warm intergenerational story. In irregular rhythm, a little girl tells (in rhyme) about her great-grandpa , who "knows things that no one else knows." The youngster takes him for outings in a wheelchair--blue umbrella attached--sometimes when her granny doesn't know. Their favorite destination is his old house, now dilapidated with an overgrown, rubbish-strewn garden. Through this charming story, even children who don't know grandparents and great-grandparents will gain an insight into familial love. The pleasure the old man and the child take in one another is evident throughout. The obvious rhyme can be distracting; however, children involved with the story and the expansive, detailed pictures won't mind. --Virginia Opocensky, formerly at Lincoln City Libraries, NB
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About this edition

• Publisher: Walker Childrens Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0744578655
• ISBN 13: 9780744578652
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 25