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Jan 18, 2017
Barbara
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As a person who craves a certain amount of alone time, I can relate to the grandmother in this book and her search for a little bit of quiet and solitude. Because she knows it will soon turn cold and she needs to do some serious knitting, she looks for a place where she can do so. But all the youngsters around her are simply too curious, and she is forced to pack up her balls of yarn and leave. Although she travels far, she keeps running into others who are curious and interrupt her solitude--an
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A grandmother becomes fed up with her grandchildren interfering with her knitting so she retreats to the woods, but there she runs into bears and so on and so on until she ends up beyond space itself finally at peace. She takes a moment to appreciate the quiet, but eventually she tires of the solace and heads back to the chaos...with a smile.
A fun read aloud that definitely takes solitude to new dimensions. PreK-2.
A fun read aloud that definitely takes solitude to new dimensions. PreK-2.
Something for everyone. Well, something for anyone who like one or more of the following: large and raucous families, solitude, knitting, samovars, wormholes, tidying up the void, or the unfortunate dietary habit of goats.
Jan 09, 2017
Tammy
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an old woman tries to find some peace and quiet to knit... and goes to great lengths to find it.
Assuredly the funniest picture book about a knitting grandma that you're likely to find.
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I was expecting more
Aug 20, 2016
Library Maven
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Kathy
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