The Truth about Grandparents

By Elina Ellis,

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Book description

A Children's Book of the Year in The Telegraph and an Empathy Lab Read for Empathy book 2020.

A very funny and lovable picture book tribute to grandparents and older people.

When you're small, everybody bigger than you seems really old. But does being older have to mean being boring,ā€¦

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Why read it?

1 author picked The Truth about Grandparents as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This authorā€™s writing style and her great sense of humour will definitely be a big hit with the kids and also with grandparents. I love the twist Ellis puts on her book. She accomplishes this by telling a story that does not in any way match the illustrations. The readerā€™s attention is captured immediately because he realizes that something is different about this book, something isnā€™t quite right. The drawings are funny, exaggerated, and colourful, all the ingredients that kids love to see in a book. Iā€™m a grandparent and I laughed right along with my grandchildren as we readā€¦

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