When I Was Little Like You

by Jill Paton Walsh, Stephen Lambert

Through a reflection of past experiences, a grandmother lovingly explains to her grandchild how things were different in the world when she was growing up.

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Jill Paton Walsh was born Gillian Bliss in London on April 29th, 1937. She was educated at St. Michael's Convent, North Finchley, and at St. Anne's College, Oxford. From 1959 to 1962 she taught English at Enfield Girls' Grammar School.

Jill Paton Walsh has won the Book World Festival Award, 1970, for Fireweed; the Whitbread Prize, 1974 (for a Children's novel) for The Emperor's Winding Sheet; The Boston Globe-Horn Book Award 1976 for Unleaving; The Universe Prize, 1984 for A Parcel of Patterns; and the Smarties Grand Prix, 1984, for Gaffer Samson's Luck.

Series:
* Imogen Quy
* Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane

Reviews

[natarsha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Shanayaj

[Cheryl · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. Dated... the things this little boy is seeing have already been supplanted, in many cases. I don't care for the blurry pictures. The ending is sweet though.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A grandmother tells her grandchild what life was like when she was little.