Gifts is a book we have been enjoying since Bear was about 15 months. I had put it away for a while, but we have been reading it again lately. It is a wonderful story of a grandma who goes a travelling and asks her granddaughter what she would have her bring. The story rhymes lyrically and flows without missing a beat. As the story progresses, the little girl grows up. The little girl, now grown up, ends the book by saying to her own child, "My gran had such a wonderful time, that now we are going, too. And everything she gave to me, I'm going to give to you."
The story is beautifully illustrated with Barbara Reid's award winning Plasticene art. Bear and I love to gaze at all the details in the illustrations.
I love the story even more now as we head into the new year and our geography "work". There's a map of the world on both inside covers with pins stuck in the places where the grandma went a travelling. The illustrations depict each location wonderfully.
I highly recommend this book.
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is a book we have been enjoying since Bear was about 15 months. I had put it away for a while, but we have been reading it again lately. It is a wonderful story of a grandma who goes a travelling and asks her granddaughter what she would have her bring. The story rhymes lyrically and flows without missing a beat. As the story progresses, the little girl grows up. The little girl, now grown up, ends the book by saying to her own child, "My gran had such a wonderful time, that now we are going, too. And everything she gave to me, I'm going to give to you."The story is beautifully illustrated with Barbara Reid's award winning Plasticene art. Bear and I love to gaze at all the details in the illustrations.
I love the story even more now as we head into the new year and our geography "work". There's a map of the world on both inside covers with pins stuck in the places where the grandma went a travelling. The illustrations depict each location wonderfully.
I highly recommend this book.
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Thank you for sharing! I love reading to Dawson and I will definitely look for this book next time we are at the book store. :-)
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm not sure if you've heard about Book Fan Friday, but my friend hosts it (http://threeasandac.blogspot.com/) and you can link up there, too. There are only a few of us who join in every week so far, but hopefully it will grow!
Also, I'm not sure if you heard about my giveaway, but I'm giving away 4 Dr. Seuss books. :-) Sorry for the info overload! I LOVE books and love talking about them and discovering new ones, too, so I get a little excited when I see a book post. *lol*
Happy New Year!
I am so going to put this book on my request list for the library - it sounds wonderful. Thanks for sharing it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great recommendation. I'll be checking our library for it, for sure.
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