Gramma's Walk
by Anna Grossnickle Hines
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Donnie and Gramma, who is in a wheelchair, take an imagined walk to the seashore and smell the salty breeze, walk barefoot on the warm sand, observe animals, and build a sand castle.Tags
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Over here crying my face off. What a wonderful book. My own mother had to use a push chair and read her grandchildren many stories. They learned to pick up their toys so she could walk more safely.
5/5 cookies before dinner.
5/5 cookies before dinner.
A boy and his gramma take an vivid imaginary trip to the beach together.
The book would be a great way to open a discussion about imagination and connecting with elders, like grandparents.
The book would be a great way to open a discussion about imagination and connecting with elders, like grandparents.
When a Donnie goes to visit his grandmother who is in a wheelchair they go on imaginary walks together. On this adventure Donnie and his grandmother take a walk on a beach where is grandmother is unhindered by her wheelchair.
The power of the imagination can overcome any obstacle. In this story, a grandmother and her grandson share wonderful stories where her wheelchair is never in the way.
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Anna Grossnickle Hines was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 13, 1946. She studied art at San Fernando Valley State College. She received a B.A. in human development and an elementary teaching credential from Pacific Oaks College in 1974 and a M.A in 1978. Her first book, Taste the Raindrops, was published in 1983. She has written and/or show more illustrated more than 60 books including Come to the Meadow, Maybe a Band-Aid Will Help, Remember the Butterflies, Flying Firefighters, and What Joe Saw. Both Daddy Makes the Best Spaghetti and Grandma Gets Grumpy were given Children's Choice Awards by the International Reading Association and Children's Book Council. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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