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Grandpa GreenRead about another book on the list.
by Lane Smith
There is, in children’s picture books, a grandma – or grandpa – subgenre in which grandparents are invariably heros. Grandpa Green is no exception but the book is so intriguingly illustrated, you can pardon its bias. It features talking topiary (Grandpa is a gardener) and leads us up the garden path of grandpa’s life – even incorporating the second world war (topiary plane included). It's the right side of sentimental, with enough style and unexpected edge – not to mention hedge – to mark it out from the crowd. (3+)
--Marshal Zeringue
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