Size: 19 x 27 cm
A funny and eye-catching picture book, celebrating grannies of all shapes and sizes, and what makes them tick.
🇬🇧 Description:
Why do grandmas tell us to speak slowly? Why do grandmas wear their hair up? Are grandmas flexible? How do you cheer up a grandma? And why do they always have creases on their faces?
Children have lots of questions about grannies and Éric Veillé sets out to answer them all with humor and charm in this contemporary picture book for the extended family – how they wear their hair, how they do yoga, how they travel the world, their wise sayings, their knitting.
Each page is dedicated to a quirky topic and combines to make a highly original encyclopedia for children; from buses – no one knows where grannies go – to the contents of a granny’s bed - sighs, regrets and sometimes a grandpa.
Illustrated with funny comic-style pictures, this is a contemporary gift book full of word play, for the entire family to enjoy. With witty and bright graphic illustrations, this encyclopedia challenges the cliches and celebrates the grannies in our lives – no matter what kind of grandma, abuela, nana or nonna you have, you are or would like to be.
Reviews
“Clever, playful, with a mordant edge, this is sophisticated silliness in warm shades of red and yellow.” The Guardian
“An offbeat look at modern-day grannies.” Kirkus Reviews
“It’s a completely bonkers, gleefully silly guide to grandmothers of all stripes.” School Library Journal, The Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children’s Books of 2019
“A cornucopia of comedy, both in the content and the brashly coloured cartoon images, which includes a fabulous array of granny hairdos, and not a blue rinse in sight.” The Irish Times