In My Grandmother's House

by Christensen, Bonnie

• ISBN13: 9780060291099
• ISBN10: 0060291095
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-06
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

<p>In this unique collection, twelve of today's most acclaimed children's book authors take us on a journey to the grandmothers' houses of their memories. Some of the stories are sweetly nostalgic. Others are heartbreaking stories of difficult, or even absent, grandmothers. But each celebrates the sometimes warm, sometimes tense, always special relationship between grandmothers and their granddaughters.</p><p>A tribute to the women who shape our families and our lives, these are stories to read, to share, and to treasure.</p>

Author Biography

Bonnie Christensen has illustrated many books for children, She lives in northern Vermont with her daughter, Emily

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
The Naked Truth	1	(12)
Cynthia Leitich Smith
Rhizomes	13	(22)
Minfong Ho
The Grannies	35	(16)
Pat Cummings
The Doctor's Daughter	51	(16)
Diane Stanley
Grandma and Her Needle	67	(10)
Beverly Cleary
A Visit to Grandma's	77	(16)
Gail Carson Levine
And Then Another Locust Came and Took Away Another Grain of Corn	93	(16)
Jean Craighead George
Granny Was a Gambler	109	(18)
Beverley Naidoo
Fairy Grandmother	127	(16)
Bonnie Christensen
To My Nai Nai	143	(14)
Ji-Li Jiang
The Best Parts	157	(18)
Joan Abelove
My Abuelita, My Paradise	175	(12)
Alma Flor Ada
Biographies	187