Summary
On a first solo visit to her grandmother’s home outside Mexico City, a young girl discovers what makes Grandma so special in this enchanting and personal picture book.
At Grandma’s house, where Julia is staying without her parents for the first time, the breeze is sweet like jasmine. Mornings begin with sugared bread, and the most magnificent hot chocolate cures all homesickness. There’s something about this place … and about Grandma. Like how she can tell when Julia has been quietly …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781536201949 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1536201944 |
| Author: | Tania de Regil |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 9 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 459g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 268mm x 236mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
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Critics Review
Straightforward text moves the narrative along smoothly, while whimsical and soft illustrations imbue the story with wonder; some pages have excerpts, in Spanish, from Grandma’s notebook layered softly in the background. Readers will emerge feeling just as calm as Julia… . A quiet book about the love between a grandmother and her granddaughter.
—Kirkus Reviews
This tender intergenerational picture book, which also explores traveling, is beautifully illustrated in soft pastel hues. The entire book is like a big, much-needed hug.
—Book Riot
Tania de Regil
Tania de Regil is the author-illustrator of A New Home and the illustrator of We Really Do Care by Tami Lewis Brown. She studied fashion design at Parsons School of Design in New York City before moving back to her native Mexico City, where she finished her degree. Something About Grandma is inspired by her own childhood memories of staying with her grandmother. Tania de Regil lives in Mexico City and travels to the United States frequently.
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