When Grandma Came
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The illustration on our March cover is by Chris Riddell. It is taken from Philip Ridley's new book, Meteorite Spoon, published by Viking, to whom we're grateful for help in using this illustration. Details of the book are given in the Authorgraph.
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When Grandma Came
Sophy Williams
A well-travelled and youthful grandmother arrives to live with her new grand-daughter. Grandma compares wonderful beasts from faraway places to the child's wakefulness. messiness. bounciness and so on. This book has a dreamlike quality and we swing from grandmother to child to arctic, jungle, desert or city. There's a delight and wonder throughout the pages and a sense of security as the attachment forms between grandmother and granddaughter. A most unusual and beautiful book recommended for 3-5s and their families.