Granpa
By John Burningham
(Red Fox, Paperback, 9780099434085, 32pp.)
Publication Date: December 10, 2002
Categories: Family - Multigenerational
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Description
Adorable Granpa nurses his granddaughter’s dolls, mistakes her strawberry-flavoured pretend ice cream for chocolate, and falls in with her imaginary plans to captain a ship to Africa. It is a friendship that children who read this book will long remember.
About the Author
John Burningham, two-time winner of the Kate Greenaway Award, has enjoyed a distinguished career in the field of children’s books. His first picture book, Borka, was published in 1963.
Praise For Granpa…
“Subtle and brilliant.” -- TES











