A celebration of (white only) grannies. This vintage-style book is a homage to the modern granny. The cover is bright and eye catching and the contents quirky and random. The result is a delightful wander through the mysterious world of the granny, and the questions children might ponder but never be able to answer (until they reach granny status themselves that is!). There is even a page showing what is inside your granny; “Inside every granny, there’s a small house and in that house is that same granny when she was a little girl. That’s where she still lives”. Eye-catching illustrations make this unusual and entertaining book appealing. There is a black cat throughout the story, but unfortunately this doesn’t make up for the lack of any coloured grannies being represented. More work on this and the contents would have seen me describe this as a fabulous book.… (more)
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Note: I received a digital review copy of this book through NetGalley.