The grandma mix-up : story and pictures
Record details
- ISBN: 0064441504
- ISBN: 0060242027 (lib. bdg.) :
- ISBN: 0060242019 :
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Physical Description:
[64] p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Harper & Row, c1988.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | Young Pip doesn't know what to do when two very different grandmothers come to baby-sit, each with her own way of doing things. |
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Subject: | Babysitters Fiction Grandmothers Fiction |
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Available copies
- 16 of 16 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 16 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Babcock Library - Ashford | ER McC (Text) | 33110144137716 | Juvenile Early Reader | Available | - |
Bethel Public Library | J-ER MCCULLY (Text) | 34030047618720 | Juvenile Easy | Available | - |
Brookfield Library | E/M EASY READER (Text) | 34029073190125 | Juvenile Easy Reader | Available | - |
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | ER MCCULLY (Text) | 34014013077970 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | JER 2 MCCULLY (Text) | 34026080745941 | Juvenile Reader | Available | - |
Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | JER 2 MCCULLY (Text) | 34026098530905 | Juvenile Reader | Available | - |
Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | JER 2 MCCULLY (Text) | 34026119984685 | Juvenile Reader | Available | - |
Hall Memorial Library - Ellington | JE MCCULLY, EMILY ARNOLD (Text) | 34037055721817 | Juvenile Easy | Available | - |
Janet Carlson Calvert Library - Franklin | JBEG MCC (Text) | 33345000178269 | Juvenile Beginner Book | Available | - |
Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon | J CH MCCULLY (Text) | 33430000518993 | Juvenile Easy Chapter | Available | - |
School Library Journal Review
The Grandma Mix-Up
School Library Journal
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PreS-Gr 2-- A mediocre beginning reader. Inadvertently, Pip's parents each ask one of Pip's grandmothers to care for him while they are away. Grandma Nan is in a mini-dress and gray boots, sporting a pink bow in her hair. She is quickly depicted as the grandmother who likes order, routine, healthy activities, and healthy food. Grandma Sal is a matronly woman with gray hair and glasses. Her style of living is more relaxed, and includes watching television, ordering out for pizza, and paying little if any attention to housekeeping. The tension between the grandmothers is obvious, and an unhappy Pip eventually demands that the two grandmothers do things his way. The illustrations are one-dimensional and seem more like sketches filled with garish colors. The book jacket describes the story as a ``delightful story of two lovable grandmas and the child who gets stuck between them,'' but none of them are lovable. Both grandmothers are overdone, and Pip is a demanding little kid who is difficult to like. Most situations seemed contrived, and won't ring true for young readers. --Sharron McElmeel, Cedar Rapids Community Schools, Iowa (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publishers Weekly Review
The Grandma Mix-Up
Publishers Weekly
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From an accomplished author/illustrator comes a sweetly child-centered I Can Read. Pip's parents are going on a trip and there's a mix-up. Mom asked Grandma Nan to baby-sit while Dad asked Grandma Sal. The grandmothers arrive, and agree that they'll both stay. Active and stylish, Grandma Nan demands a neat room and strictly nutritious meals. Laid-back and cozy Grandma Sal would rather watch the ball game with her feet up, or offer Gummy Bearsstet caps before lunch. Pip is uncomfortable with the opposing forces. ``I want to do things OUR way, like everyday when Mom and Dad are home,'' he asserts. Chastened, Grandma Nan and Grandma Sal agree on this sensible course. McCully has once again focused her wry humor on a situation of genuine concern to children: the security of family routines. She illustrates this charmer with warmly humorous watercolors, with all the droll details for which she is known. Ages 4-8. (September) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
The Grandma Mix-Up
Kirkus Reviews
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When Pip's parents go on a trip, to everyone's surprise both his grandmothers arrive to take care of him, and both decide to stay. Unfortunately, their child-rearing philosophies are poles apart: mod Grandma Nan is a martinet, and plump, comfortable Grandma Sal is overpermissive. Poor Pip, caught between ""too hard"" and ""too easy,"" longs to do things ""our way."" Reason prevails: when Pip proposes a compromise (""No TV on nice days, and I can get dirty when I play. And I don't eat vegetables all mixed up with meat. . .I choose the book. . .You can take turns reading it""), they both accept--gratefully. Not very likely, but heartwarmingly sensible. Entertaining dialogue, attractive illustrations. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
BookList Review
The Grandma Mix-Up
Booklist
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Gr. 1-3. When Pip's parents go away for a brief trip, both of his grandmothers arrive to stay with their grandchild. ``No matter,'' says one, ``We can both baby-sit.'' However, the grandmothers' styles are drastically different: Grandma Sal is relaxed and easygoing, while Grandma Nan is an organizer and rule maker. Caught between the two, Pip finally rebels and declares that he wants things done ``our way, like everyday when Mom and Dad are home.'' The grandmas take the message to heart, and peace is restored. McCully's two-color, line-and- wash drawings emphasize the personality differences by consciously flouting stereotypes: Pip's laid-back Grandma Sal has white hair and glasses, while his strict Grandma Nan dresses like a teenager. Choice of words and sentence length will make the sly humor easy for beginning readers to grasp. DMW.