Grandmother's visit
"Grandmother lives with Grace's family. She teaches her how to measure water for rice. She tells her stories about growing up in China and together they savor the flavors of her childhood. Grandmother says goodbye when she drops Grace off at school every morning and hello when she picks her up at th...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto ; Berkeley :
Groundwood Books,
[2018]
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| Summary: | "Grandmother lives with Grace's family. She teaches her how to measure water for rice. She tells her stories about growing up in China and together they savor the flavors of her childhood. Grandmother says goodbye when she drops Grace off at school every morning and hello when she picks her up at the end of the day. Then, Grandmother stops walking Grace to and from school, and the door to her room stays closed. Father comes home early to make dinner, but the rice bowls stay full. One day, Grandmother's room is empty. And one day, Grandmother is buried. After the funeral, Grace's mom turns on all the outside lights so that Grandmother's spirit can find its way home for one final goodbye"--Publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781554989546 155498954X |
| Author Notes: | BETTY QUAN is a writer for children's television programs, including the Discovery Kids production Doki. She wrote Mother Tongue, which was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award for Drama. She also adapted Paul Yee's book Ghost Train for the stage. This is her first picture book. She lives in Toronto. Carmen Mok is a studio-art graduate of the University of Waterloo and a craft and design graduate of Sheridan College. She illustrated Violet Shrink by Christine Baldacchino and Grandmother's Visit by Betty Quan, which was named an Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Picture Book Honor title. It was also a finalist for the IODE Ontario Jean Throop Book Award and an Ontario Library Association Best Bets Honourable Mention. Carmen's other books include A Stopwatch from Grampa by Loretta Garbutt and Cone Cat by Sarah Howden. She lives in St. Catharines, Ontario. |
