Grandpa Green

Name: Grandpa Green
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Lane Smith
ISBN: 9781470340087

Author: Lane Smith

Narrator: Noah Galvin

Unabridged: 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/30/2012

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

Acclaimed writer and illustrator Lane Smith has amassed an impressive body of work both on his own and as a collaborator on Caldecott Honor-winning books. In Grandpa Green, Smith introduces listeners to a boy who learns about life's many wonders while exploring his great-grandfather's topiary garden, where imagination blooms and memories come alive.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Calista on August 18, 2019

This book keeps you guessing what is happening. Is the plant the person the narrator is talking about or is it the little boy? Who’s telling the story? We see all these plants shaped into animals and people in a garden in fantastic ways. It seems the garden is alive and it has all these stories to t......more

Goodreads review by Edward on August 18, 2011

The most stunning children's book about topiary I have ever seen. Edward Scissorhands has got nothing on Grandpa Green!......more

Goodreads review by nicole on March 14, 2015

Maybe I'm wrong and more kids will be drawn into the images than I realize, but I'm having trouble seeing Grandpa Green as anything other than a father's or grandparent's day gift. It's a picture book for adults (which the dump will tell you itself), specifically male adults and I'm curious as to ho......more

Goodreads review by John on August 22, 2011

Art = 10 stars Story = 3 stars......more

Goodreads review by Steph on November 13, 2011

This is a phenomenal children's book. The illustrations are very well done. A great-grandson tells the story of his great-grandpa's life with the help of drawings of artistically manicured shrubbery. This was very well done and sure to become a favorite among kids and parents alike.......more