My Hippie Grandmother - Hardcover

Lindbergh, Reeve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0763606715 ISBN 13: 9780763606718

Publisher: Candlewick, 2003

Synopsis

An enthusiastic ode to free spirits of all generations.


Who says grandmothers have to wear tidy buns and be relegated to rocking chairs? In lilting rhyme and sunny psychedelic colors, Reeve Lindbergh and Abby Carter introduce the most vibrant, tie-dyed grandmother ever to dance her way across a picture book - together with her cat named Woodstock, her guitar-strumming boyfriend, her organic garden, and her very proud granddaughter. Flower power forever!

About this title

About the Author

Reeve Lindbergh is the daughter of Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Her books for children include IN EVERY TINY GRAIN OF SAND and ON MORNING WINGS. She says of MY HIPPIE GRANDMOTHER, "A friend told me that she was attending the wedding of a hippie grandmother. I didn’t know anything about this grandmother, but I couldn’t stop thinking about her. Once I started writing, everyone I talked to had ideas about the character, so the poem got more and more detailed!"
Abby Carter has illustrated numerous books for children, but this is her first
book with Candlewick Press. She is also the creator of the Fresh Samantha juice character and all her colorful friends. About MY HIPPIE GRANDMOTHER, she says, "My mom was a hippie mother
who started an alfalfa sprout business out of our basement, so this story really brought me back to my childhood."

From Booklist

PreS-Gr. 2. In this sunny picture book, a little girl talks about her hippie grandmother and what makes her special: "I have a hippie grandmother. / I'm really glad she's mine. She hasn't cut her hair at all / Since nineteen sixty-nine." From the cat named Woodstock to the "Flower Power" poster on the wall, there are plenty of period details, but they would barely rise above the level of cliche without the breezy, natural sounding verse that carries them so lightly and joyfully along. The watercolor-and-gouache illustrations reflect the spirit of the verse. Their harmonious colors, subtle patterns, and wiggly lines suggest music in the background. Don't look for nostalgia here, just a lively, intergenerational love song that features something rarely seen in picture books: a contemporary grandmother. Fun for reading aloud. Carolyn Phelan
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Edition details

• Publisher: Candlewick
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0763606715
• ISBN 13: 9780763606718
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 24
• Illustrator: Carter Abby