Grandmas are the greatest by Ben Faulks and Nia Tudor

A companion story to Grandads are the greatest, this rhyming text will bring out lots of stories about the readers’ grandmas, as they read of the things grandmas do with their grandchildren.

The innocent question from a child, asking if her grandma had a grandma just as good, opens the gate to many grandmas being recalled. Everyone has a grandma, and these grandmas had grandmas, so the way is open for a plethora of different things each grandma does.

All grandmas are special with secrets and tricks up their sleeves showing how different each is. One grandma is an actor, and her grandchild loves helping her with her costume and make up. Another is a gardener and her grandchild loves to help her in her allotment. Another is an ambulance driver, one an acrobat, while others include a racing car driver, a mountaineer, a secret spy. But while she may not be extraordinary, she will have a twinkle in her eye, just for her grandchild. They will share secrets and jokes together, be quiet and snuggle together, play games, no matter what the weather, but more importantly spend a lot of time together, radiating love.

With pages full of colour and movement, the first few pages show amazing things that grandmas do, but the last few pages show that no matter who they are or what they do, it is the time spent together, full of love that matters most.

And coming up to Mother’s Day, grandmas are celebrated as they are mothers too.

Themes: Grandmothers, Mothers, Love, Sharing.

Fran Knight