AGE LEVEL
1 and 2 year olds
GENRE
Nonfiction (Grandparent and Child)
REVIEW
This book is an excellent reminder of the important role that grandparents can and do play in their grandchildren's lives. The most striking feature of the book is the wonderfully intimate and natural photographs of grandparents and their grandchildren in countries around the world. The photos are clear and large, making them easily accessible to young children. Grandparents are shown as active and engaged in a variety of physically and mentally challenging activities, including teaching, pushing a sled, planting a tree, etc., as well as enjoying quiet moments. The book's text is appropriate for one and two year-olds, as the same sentence structure is repeated throughout: “Grandparents” - [verb] - [rest of sentence]. For example: “Grandparents explore the world with us” and “Grandparents teach us what they know”. Children will receive reinforcement of the idea that people around the world are similar in their enjoyment of a feeling of connectedness with their family. The only drawback of the book is that there are more photos of grandparents and grandchildren from the U.S. than from other countries. However, the variety of photos of U.S. families does demonstrate the ethnic, racial, and cultural diversity within the U.S. well.
LIBRARY PROGRAMMING IDEAS
This would be a wonderful book to share during a grandparents-grandchildren or family storytime, along with other books on the same theme, such as Shelly Rotner's nonfiction Lots of Grandparents, and picture books such as Gale Byrne's Sometimes it's Grandmas and Grandpas, not Mommies and Daddies and Marla Frazee's A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever.
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