Illustrator: Lindsey Gardiner (on JOMB)
Published: 2004 Random House (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0099443880
Happily sloppy artwork and perfectly picked words and pace present the first-person ponderings of a young girl as her once spunky grandmother slips into forgetfulness in this sweet, sad tale of coping and compassion.
Update: Mark mentions the documentary film and supporting website, Forgetful not Forgotten.
More grandmothers on JOMB:
- The Grandmother Doll
- Getting to Know Ruben Plotnick
- When-I-Was-a-Little-Girl
- The Gardener
- The Lotus Seed
- Snow
- Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie
- Treasure For Lunch
- Falling Angels
- The Clay Ladies
- Healing the Wounds of World War II
- A Gift For Gita
- Carmine, A Little More Red
- Petite Rouge, A Cajun Red Riding Hood
- Grandma’s Feather Bed
- Bintou’s Braids
- Seven Brave Women
- Suki’s Kimono
- The Not-So-Only Child
- A Very Unusual Dog
- Aunt Claire’s Yellow Beehive Hair
- Mama’s Saris
- Mr. Hiroshi’s Garden
- I Am Small
- Before You Were Here, Mi Amor
- The Party
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