Synopsis
To celebrate more than 250,000 copies sold, The Little Big Book for Grandmothers is back in an updated edition with a revised foreword, new jacket design, new endpapers, and a new ISBN. This is a charming book filled with fairy tales, poetry, nursery rhymes, song, stories, words of wisdom, activities, and recipes that are sure to enchant and delight. The Little Big Book for Grandmothers is brimming with many of the classic and favorite things grandmothers grew up with, and illustrated with charming vintage art she is sure to adore from artists such as Jessie Wilcox Smith and Kate Greenaway.
This packed anthology includes:
-18 fairy tales such as The Little Mermaid, Thumbkin, Snow White and Rose Red, The Fisherman and His Wife, and Rapunzel
-19 poems by e.e. cummings, Robert Frost, Ogden Nash, Shel Silverstein, and others
-13 nursery rhymes including Goosey, Goosey, Gander, and Old Mother Hubbard
-15 songs from "Polly Wolly Doodle" and "Billy Boy" to "Little Red Caboose" and "Baby Beluga"
-26 finger games and old-fashioned games such as Grandma's glasses and Tiddlywinks
-More than 30 activities from embroidery and making a family quilt, to Little Red Riding Hood Puppet Show and holiday activities
-More than 30 recipes to indulge and nourish from Ice Cream Sundaes and Strawberry Shortcake to Chicken Pot Pie and Momma Bread
Includes 100 full-color illustrations and 150 line illustrations
About Alice Wong
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ALICE WONG co-created the best-selling Little Big Book series, which has sold more than 1.7 million copies. She co-edited many of the titles in this series, including best sellers
The Little Big Book for Moms and
The Little big Book for Grandmothers. She is the author of
The Big Book of Me; My Baby Book, and co-edited
The Goodnight book for Moms and Little Ones. Alice has also edited or recipe-tested a number of cookbooks, including
The Vineyard Cookbook, Off the Menu, and
Primal Cuts. Alice currently resides in Brooklyn with her husband Clark and their three children: Chi Chi, Sylvia, and Phoebe. <strong class="blue">