In this version, you don’t get a lesson, but you do get a laugh. In Jan Brett’s interpretation of this classic tale, something completely unexpected happens, and it’s not a joined effort that saves the day but hibernating bears (don’t worry, it will make sense when you read the story). Jan Brett is known for her expressive illustrations and imaginative twists on classic stories. In this particular book, the feast features southern style cooking and an additional lesson of “ anything worth doing is worth doing right.” In this old Russian folk tale, a cast of colorful characters unsuccessfully tries to pull a turnip from the ground until everyone joins their efforts and succeeds. Grandma Lena’s Big Turnip, Denia Lewis Hester The black and white ink drawings, with dramatic splashes of quilt drawn with a red marker, will stay in your memory for a long time. Some stories are comforting like old family quilts, and this is one of them. While at great-gramma’s wedding, men and women celebrated separately, at the author’s wedding over a century later, men and women danced together. Four generations use the family quilt to celebrate birthdays, play pretend, get married, and wrap newborns.
She shares how one quilt became an integral part of her family’s tradition and rituals. It’s a heartfelt, personal history of the author. V.With the perfect mix of love and loss, we trace the multigenerational story of a Russian immigrant family. Who are your top three favorite authors or illustrators? “And no one was every alone again.” (from The Golden Egg Book, see above) I live at the Plaza.” (from Eloise by Kay Thompson) Picture book: The Golden Egg Book (by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated y Leonard Weisgard) What was your favorite book when you were a child? She lives with her family, her dog, and two miniature donkeys in Western Massachusetts and spends the summer on Cape Cod. She is a Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College and a Fiction Editor of The Massachusetts Review. Her new novel, The Writing Circle, was published this past summer. Her picture books include Always in Trouble, Saying Goodbye to Lulu, and The Littlest Matryoshka (written under the name Corinne Demas Bliss). Corinne Demas is the award-winning author of numerous books for children and adults, including two short story collections, three novels, a memoir, and a collection of poetry.
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