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Erdrich, Louise

Grandmother's Pigeon

32 pp. | Minnesota | September, 2021 | Trade ISBN 978-1-5179-1147-8 $17.95
Reissue (1996, Hyperion)
(2) K-3 "As it turned out, Grandmother was a far more mysterious woman than any of us knew," begins this enigmatic and enjoyable picture book by Erdrich (The Birchbark House, rev. 5/99, and sequels), first published in 1996. With a page-turn, the grandmother is now shown in a motion-filled, sea-set spread, sailing away on the back of a porpoise. A year passes without Grandmother, and while the family members are going through her things, they find her birds' nest collection. In one lies three eggs; the birds hatch and are identified as passenger pigeons--an extinct species. This leads to many question--where did the creatures come from? where should they go?--but Grandmother's grandchildren know what to do. Realistic-looking illustrations ground the story in naturalism, while inventive--and unexplained--details allow the inquisitive young people, with their ever-changing facial expressions, to honor their grandmother's wishes.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2022

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