Grandma's Tiny House [Hardcover]

This sweet, rhyming counting book introduces young readers to numbers one through fifteen as Grandma’s family and friends fill her tiny house on Brown Street. Neighbors, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and grandkids crowd into the house and pile it high with treats for a family feast.

But when the walls begin to bulge and no-body has space enough to eat, one clever grandchild knows exactly what to do.

Where there’s a will there’s a way when families grow and come together.

A warmhearted tribute to the messy joys of a big, impromptu gathering — Publisher's Weekly STARRED review

A fine addition to book collections about families, food, counting, and joyous gatherings — The Horn Book

This counting story will have repeated readings during the holidays and all year round — School Library Journal

Grandma's lucky to have all these family members, and young readers are even luckier to be invited to this wonderful family gathering. — Kirkus Reviews


Chicago Public Library’s 2017 Best of the Best Books selection*A grandmother welcomes her family, friends, and neighbors into her small home, and everyone arrives with lots of food and energy. As the guests show up, Brown-Wood counts up to 15 hungry grandkids, writing in breezy, confident rhymes: Ninechatting aunties all head for the den,/ and set down the cheesecakes that add up toten. Burris introduces the mostly African-American cast in smudgy digital illustrations with crayonlike outlines, creating a vibe of good-natured chaos. With no room indoors, the party moves into the backyard: Perfect in size, at the edge of Brown Street,/ sits Grandma's backyard, where we all go to eat. A warmhearted tribute to the messy joys of a big, impromptu gathering.
—Publishers Weekly, starred review


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