Book Descriptions
for Grandaddy and Janetta Together by Helen V. Griffith and James Stevenson
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
A handsome single volume includes three previously published stories ( Granddaddy’s Place , Granddaddy and Janetta , and Granddaddy’s Stars ) about timid Janetta and her indomitable Grandpa, who seems gruff on the outside but whose droll stories reveal his surprisingly playful nature. The new format, designed to look like a chapter book rather than a picture book, will appeal to newly independent readers, and the large typeface set on cleanly designed pages will make it accessible as well. Most of Stevenson’s original artwork appears here as black-and-white spot illustrations. (Ages 7–9)
CCBC Choices 2002 . © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 2002. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
Grandaddy and Janetta are as different as can be. Grandaddy lives in Georgia in a little house with a yard of bare red dirt. He has chickens and a mule. Janetta lives in the city of Baltimore in a red brink townhouse. She has a cat and a feather collection. But Grandaddy and Janetta's love for each other bridges the miles--and the differences--and makes these two friends for life. Now available in a chapter book edition just right for reading aloud and reading alone, here are Helen V. Griffith and James Stevenson's previously published ALA Notable Books, Grandaddy's Place, Grandaddy and Janetta, " and Grandaddy's Stars--" together for a new generation of readers.
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.