The window in Nanna and Poppy's kitchen is no ordinary window-it is the place where love and magic happens. It's where the girl and her doting grandparents watch stars, play games, and, most importantly, say hello and goodbye. ( )

This is a sweet, charming look at a loving set of grandparents and the granddaughter who adores them. The granddaughter loves her Nanna and Poppy's kichen window, through which she and they interact and enjoy the world and each other.

The grandparents are interracial in Raschka's painting, but this never emphasized - it simply is, which is a lovely touch.

Recommended! ( )

it's about a girl who thinks the window in her grandparents kitchen is magical it's there favorite place in the house and they named it the hello, good-bye window. the colors and the illustrations in this book is so amazing that alone will make you want to read more.

the children loved this book they laugh and laugh and wanted me to read it again and again.

we pretended to have our own magical window by desiinating a window in my house to use as our hello, good-bye window. also at circle time we talked about different mix heritage.

Perhaps my all time favorite children's book, The Hello, Goodbye Window is a charming look into a child's view of her world. When her parents are at work, the child stays with her beloved Nana and Poppy, who take good care of her. The fun begins before she even walks through the door, at the window the book is named after. Completely confident in her place in her grandparent's hearts, the narrator beautifully portrays the grandparent/grandchild relationship.
The illustrations for this story are very whimsical and childlike. It is as though the narrator is not simply telling about her time at her grandparent’s house, but is also trying to show us. ( )

This is a love song devoted to that special relationship between grandparents and grandchild. The kitchen window at Nanna and Poppy's house is, for one little girl, a magic gateway. Everything important happens near it, through it, or beyond it. Told in her voice, her story is both a voyage of discovery and a celebration of the commonplace wonders that define childhood, expressed as a joyful fusion of text with evocative and exuberant illustrations.The world for this little girl will soon grow larger and more complex, but never more enchanting or deeply felt.