10/22/07

Grandma’s Scrapbook


Author: Josephine Nobisso
Illustrator: Maureen Hyde
Publisher: Gingerbread House
Publication Date: 1990
Genre: Realistic fiction, Picture Book
Audience: Gr. K-3
Overview: This story in this beautifully told and illustrated through the scrapbook made for a young girl by her grandmother, highlighting their special times together.

Activity: A wonderful spark for readers to realize their grandparents will not be in their lives forever. This book lends itself to creating personal scrapbooks, to cherish the memories they have spent with grandparents or other loved ones.

Reviewer’s Name: Deb Marciano