by Ben Faulks (Author) Nia Tudor (Illustrator)
A heartwarming picture book about the special bond between grandpas and grandchildren.
There's a great long line of grandpas that leads all the way to you.
And like my grandpa did for me, I'll love you through and through.
Do you have a grandpa who bakes delicious treats with you? One who can build the perfect playhouse? A grandpa who shows you all the best magic tricks? Or maybe you have a grandpa who simply spends time with you and gives the best hugs. What makes grandpas the GREATEST? No two grandpas are the same, but whether they're a wacky barber, a daring explorer, a genius inventor, or a stay-at-home-papa, you can always count on grandpas for the love they have to give.
From Ben Faulks and Nia Tudor comes a heartwarming story that celebrates all kinds of grandpas and the special bonds they share with their grandchildren. Grandpas Are the Greatest is the perfect gift to celebrate grandfathers. Here's to all the grandpas, whatever lives they live. You can always count on grandpas for the love they have to give.
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A loving tribute to grandfathers.
Sprightly rhymes sing grandfathers' praises in this enthusiastic, vocation-centric tribute about the "great long line of grandpas/ that leads all the way to you." Featuring individual grandads who bake, build, explore, invent, and more gathered at a picnic, Faulks finds ways to spotlight each one's interests as connected to their relationship with a beloved grandchild. In one instance, a youth holds a top hat exploding with playing cards while an adult waves a wand ("My grandpa's a magician/ who tours across the land...// and I'm his young apprentice, / who lends a helping hand"). In another, a grandad and child hang-glide through blue skies, and a final youth's grandfather "stays at home with me." Captured by Tudor with crayon-like markings, lively scenes depict child/grandparent pairs of varied abilities and skin tones, building to a message that "you can always count on grandpas." Ages 3-6. (May)
Copyright 2023 Publishers Weekly, LLC Used with permission.Ben Faulks is a British actor, author, presenter, and producer. Born in Cornwall, he now lives in the Northwest of England with his wife and children. He is best known for co-creating the award-winning British television show Mr. Bloom's Nursery for CBeebies. He is the author of Watch Out for Muddy Puddles, What Makes Me a Me, and Grandpas Are the Greatest.
www.benfaulks.co.uk