SOLVED. Children’s Picture book. Aging. Child hears grandparent is going to nursing home, looks for berries? to make grandparent young again. From 1990s or earlier. [s]

[Kris]

Julia, can you describe the illustrations - e.g., simple or detailed, realistic or cartoon-like, painted watercolors or bold graphics? Do they remind you of a similar illustrator or picture book author?

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[Jaclyn]

This is actually the plot of a supremely weird kids' movie from the 80's called The Hugga Bunch. It featured some creepy puppets, in an attempt to do the Jim Henson thing. Maybe you've conflated the movie with a book?

[Kris]

Following up on Jaclyn's lead, A Hugga Bunch Hello (1985) by Phyllis Fair Cowell?

"Bridget visits Huggaland and finds a way of keeping her grandmother from going to a nursing home."

[Kris]

Kris wrote: "Following up on Jaclyn's lead, A Hugga Bunch Hello (1985) by Phyllis Fair Cowell?

"Bridget visits Huggaland and finds a way of keeping her grandmother from going to ..."

Here's one cover on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Hugga-Bunch-He...

[Kris]

Just to confirm, is A Hugga Bunch Hello your book?

[Kris]

Great. Glad you found your book, Julia. Here's the link for the Hugga Bunch series by Phyllis Fair Cowell.