Book In Review

        Grandmother’s Song is a sweet picture book that celebrates the cycle of life in a family…from one generation to the next.  It is written by Marion Dane Bauer.  She introduces a memory of when she was expecting her child and then she talks of how her tummy grew.  Then the joy at holding her child.  The years of childhood as she learns to crawl, walk and run.  As time goes on…her daughter is expecting a baby.  The cycle continues as her grandchild grow inside of her daughter.

       Grandmother’s Song is illustrated by Pamela Rossi.  It is done in soft colors and shades and the pictures are done almost in an impressionistic way…as there are no sharpe lines and edges.  The whole book looks almost as if it is a memory or a dream.

        The book Grandmother’s Song, ends with a lilting song of welcome, to her grandson…just as originally she sang a song of  welcome to her daughter, at her birth.  It is a sweet book that can be read to very young children who will enjoy the sing song style of verse.

        Grandmother’s Song was published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers and was copyrighted in 2000.