Grandmother, Have The Angels Come?

by Denise Vega

Erin Eitter Kono (Illustrator)

With its beautiful imagery and vibrant illustrations Grandmother, Have the Angels Come? celebrates the relationship between grandparent and grandchild, while touching on the subject of growing old in a gentle, empowering and lyrical manner.

Denise Vega's graceful, rhythmic dialogue combine with stunning art from Hula Lullaby's Erin Eitter Kono to tackle a tough subject with a graceful touch.

• ISBN10: 0316106631
• ISBN13: 9780316106634
• Publish Date: 5 March 2009 (first published 1 February 2009)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 16 February 2012
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
• Imprint: Little, Brown Young Readers
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 32
• Language: English

Reviews

[cherryblossommj]

Simply by looking at the cover, you know that this book has interesting artistry. Flipping through the pages, it is seen that the pictures pull imagination with reality in an absolutely beautiful fashion. The colors are vibrant and the images are very pleasing to the eye. I could easily imagine a child staring at these pictures for hours and imagine mine will too in the years to come. (Due in August, btw).

The story is a conversation between a granddaughter and her grandmother discussing the effects of aging as from the vision of a child. It is an incredibly creative way to explain the various effects of aging that are not normally explained to a child. On each page, the granddaughter asks the grandmother if the angels have come and done something such as covered her ears, and then the grandmother explains yes and why to prepare her.

Each page has a great rhythm and this is easily a good read-aloud book. I recommend it, and once you have read, I believe that you will too.