Grandma's Tiny House by JaNay Brown-Wood

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Grandma's Tiny House was written by JaNay Brown-Wood. It won 2018 CELI Read Aloud Book Award [1]   

Summary

There is always room for family! This sweet, rhyming counting book introduces young readers to numbers one through fifteen as Grandma’s family and friends fill her tiny house on Brown Street. Neighbors, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and grandkids crowd into the house and pile it high with treats for a family feast.

But when the walls begin to bulge and no-body has space enough to eat, one clever grandchild knows exactly what to do.

Where there’s a will there’s a way when families grow and come together. [2]

Pros

A grandma welcoming her family, friends, and neighbors into her small house, and everyone arrives with lots of food and energy. As the guests are coming, Brown-Wood counts up to “15 hungry grandkids,” writing in breezy, confident rhymes: “Nine chatting aunties all head for the den,/ and set down the cheesecakes that add up to ten.” Burris introduces the mostly African-American cast in smudgy digital illustrations with crayonlike outlines, creating a vibe of good-natured chaos. With no room indoors, the party moves into the backyard: “Perfect in size, at the edge of Brown Street,/ sits Grandma’s backyard, where we all go to eat.” A warmhearted tribute to the messy joys of a big, impromptu gathering. This book suitable for the children from 2-5 years old. [3]

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