Granny and Me

Six tales of Ellie and her rather self-consciously youthful Granny, who breezes in to help deflect attention from a new baby brother. Granny gets into minor scrapes (like being naughty at playgroup) and helps Ellie to cope with fears and new experiences and to sort out mistakes. The sequence ends with Ellie realising that baby Adam is getting older and that she is ready to include him in her fun. My only quibble with this simply but sensitively written collection is with its slightly irritating efforts to present Granny as 'cool' - surely no big deal as Grannies go nowadays. Expressive illustrations complement the text well making this a good read-aloud for 4-6 year olds - I rather doubt that the 'young readers' suggested on the cover would find it interesting enough to read alone.