The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Ziefert, Harriet

40 Uses for a Grandpa

38 pp. | Blue Apple | June, 2005 | Trade ISBN 1-59354-076-0 $12.95

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Amanda Haley. Numbered job titles are paired with amiable pencil and watercolor portraits of a grandmother or a grandfather interacting with grandchildren: providing comfort after a bad dream ("1. security blanket"), defining a word for an aspiring reader ("32. dictionary"), etc. The grandparents occasionally look miffed, which may amuse the adults who are the real audience for these books. Review covers these titles: 40 Uses for a Grandpa and 41 Uses for a Grandma.

Reviewer: Nell Beram