What!

Author: Kate Lum

Illustrator: Adrian Johnson

Year: 1998

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, London

Age: 3 and above

No. of Pages: 32

ISBN: 978 0 74759 775 9

This is a bedtime story, I think, but it made the kids laugh a lot!

Meet Patrick who’s visiting his Granny, a hilariously intrepid and industrious woman who does nothing in small measures. In the course of a night, she makes a bed from a tree in her yard, a feathered pillow from her chicken’s feathers, a blanket from her sheep’s wool and more!

By the time, she’s done, though …

Yes, this book does stretch your imagination quite a bit but then, it is a child’s world. Anything goes. :-) I guess it also reminds us of that overwhelming love that only a grand-parent can feel for a child much like Granny in this book.

Adrian Johnson’s illustrations contribute to the humor, immensely.

Excerpt

‘WHAT!!!?’ cried Granny.

She ran to the yard, where some fine trees were growing, and chopped one of them down. She got her hammer and her nails and made Patrick a bed.

Then she painted it a lovely shade of blue, brought it into the house and put a bright, red mattress on it.