"Grannie, Grandpa, and Me!"

by Julia A. Royston

Illustrated by

Derrick Thomas

 

 

 

Description

 

Many grandparents, aunts, distant relatives, foster parents and other guardians issued by the state, raising today’s children. Some of these people are long past the retirement age and should be taking cruises, vacations in the summer or moved to warmer climates enjoying their latter years until they are unable to take care of themselves. Instead, they are coming to parent teacher conferences, buying school clothes and shoes, finding tutors for homework that they stopped doing long ago. Walks in the park, visits to the zoo and circus tickets were once a thing of the past, but have resurfaced so that this generation can somehow enjoy being a kid and have a better life. These are the true heroes of our generation. People who are willing to sacrifice their wants, needs and desires to be able to see the next generation survive and hopefully, thrive. 

 

 

 

Biography

 

Julia A. Royston is an author, publisher speaker, teacher and songwriter residing in Southern Indiana with her husband, Brian K. Royston. To her credit, Julia has written original music for 5 Music CDs, 2 DVDs, authored 20 Books, a contributing author in 3 books. Julia and her husband oversee the operation of BK Royston Publishing, LLC to provide quality, informative, inspirational and entertaining materials in the global market place in all media formats. The non-profit, For the Kingdom Ministries is established to encourage, enlighten and empower people to live the abundant life God promised. By profession, Julia is a certified, technology teacher with the local public school system. For more information visit www.bkroystonpublishing.com, www.juliaroystonenterprises.com or www.juliaroyston.net. 

 

 

 

My thoughts ~

 

Grannie, Grandpa and Me revolves around grandparents raising an infant through to adulthood. Written for children from ages 3-6 years of age, I feel that some of the writing is a bit over their heads, and not quite appropriate for that age group. 

 

Artwork is colorful and very much a part of the story. As I read the book I wanted use my own words to portray the stages of growth by use of the artwork. I like the premise that the book is revealing the example that many of us are acting in various roles as caregivers for our grandchildren. It is an honest revelation of our unique way of life in the 21st century.

 

It's a sweet story regarding the stages of growth as told through the eyes of the granddaughter, but my opinion is that too much is revealed as the child grows older. Three to six year olds don't need to hear about pimples, winking, etc. This might be more appropriate for 8-10 year old girls. I do think that older children might enjoy this book.

 

For a 48-page paperback book this book is quite highly priced.

 

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher through Book Crash in exchange for my honest review. All expressed opinions are my own, and no monetary compensation was received for this review.