The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

McCaughrean, Geraldine

My Grandmother's Clock

32 pp. | Clarion | September, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-618-21695-2 $$15.00

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Stephen Lambert. Grandmother's handsome hall clock doesn't run. No problem: "I can count seconds by the beating of my heart.... A minute is how long it takes to think a thought and put it into words." As the day progresses, she and her granddaughter explore ever-lengthening extensions of the idea. This simple introduction to the concept of time is lyrical and imaginative. The luminous paintings feature gently rendered figures in a seaside landscape.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2003