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Title: Grandma's Purple Flowers by Adjoa J. Burrowes ISBN: 1-880000-73-3 Publisher: Lee & Low Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 Format: School & Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderfull book to prepare child for death
Comment: I read this book at the library to my 3 daughters. It started conversation around the coming death of my mother, their grandmother. She is terminally ill with cancer and she has a short time here with us. This book helped my girls to see that even though it may hurt to not see their grandma again they can cherish the good memories they have of her. I would reccommend this book to anyone who wants to prepare a child for loss of a loved one.
Rating: 5
Summary: Vibrant Illustrations!
Comment: Using vibrantly colored collages, author/illustrator Adjoa Burrowes (illustrator of "My Steps," a Parent Choice Award winner) offers young readers not only a warm intergenerational story about a young girl and her grandma, but a look at how Hyacinth works her way through her grandma's death. Enhanced with acrylics and watercolors, the three dimensional effect of the pictures will give readers the feeling of traveling along with Hyacinth as she goes through the park and down the hill to regularly visit her grandma. "A big hug and a smile are always waiting" for her. She gives grandma purple flowers that she has picked along the way and grandma offers her sweet corn muffins. Hyacinth enjoys the freedom of making the journey through the park as much as she enjoys doing simple activities with grandma - baking and hair combing. While raking leaves, Hyacinth asks her grandma, "Why do leaves have to fall and die?" Grandma replies, "Everything has its time." One winter day, Hyacinth visits her grandma and finds her ill. Grandma eventually dies and the young girl cries and mourns her beloved grandparent all winter. She must find a way to overcome her grief. In the spring, she finds a way to cope with her loss. In a youthful manner, Burrowes' illustrations match the mood shifts of the story, from exuberant with smiling houses, to sorrowful with an empty park bench surrounded by dirty gray snow. There are many fanciful details in the illustrations as well as subtle ethnic details in the story. This is an important book about the natural life cycle and coping with death. It parallels the seasons and the growth cycle of plants. Burrowes handles this subject with confidence and with an updated feel by using an African-American family.
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Title: Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Caldecott Honor Book) by Mo Willems ISBN: 078681988X Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Over the Candlestick: Classic Nursery Rhymes and the Real Stories Behind Them by Michael Montgomery, Michael G. Montgomery, Wayne Montgomery ISBN: 1561452599 Publisher: Peachtree Publishers Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine ISBN: 0152164138 Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Thunder Rose (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books) by Jerdine Nolen ISBN: 0152164723 Publisher: Silver Whistle Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Beautiful Blackbird (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner) by Ashley Bryan ISBN: 0689847319 Publisher: Atheneum Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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