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Sometimes it's grandmas and grandpas, not mommies and daddies

A young girl who lives with her grandparents experiences warmth, love, and closeness, even when she wonders why her parents are not raising her.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Byrne, Gayle
Other Authors:	Haverfield, Mary (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Abbeville Press, 2009.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Grandparents > Juvenile fiction. Picture books for children.
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Summary:	A young girl who lives with her grandparents experiences warmth, love, and closeness, even when she wonders why her parents are not raising her.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN:	9780789210289 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0789210282 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Author Notes:	Gayle Byrne can usually be found reading with little ones at Killingworth Library, where she has been the Children's Librarian for ten years, or playing in the backyard with her granddaughter and their dog, Buddy. An award-winning educator, she previously taught English and Child Development. Byrne is an active member of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and lives happily with her granddaughter, Jasmine, and Jazzy's Poppy in Connecticut. Mary Haverfield has been illustrating children's books for more than twenty years. Haverfield studied art at the University of Houston, Texas, and The Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. She has illustrated more than ten picture books for children, including Harriett the Homeless Raccoon. She lives in Dallas with her husband, Pat.