Life Is Beautiful
by Winsome Bingham (Author) Molly Mendoza (Illustrator)
A hopeful and poignant picture book about a little girl who loses her grandmother and how, even in the midst of sadness and loss, life is beautiful.
Every week, Granny Dee takes three trains and one bus to have a weekend full of TV-watching, bubble-bathing, nail-painting, day-tripping, and living LIFE with her granddaughter. Granny Dee always says, "Everybody should enjoy life. Life is beautiful."
Until one weekend Granny Dee doesn't come, and Momma says she's getting too old for trains and buses. So week after week, the little girl and her momma go to her instead. Then, one Sunday morning, Granny Dee dies. Can Momma and the little girl still find beauty in life while missing someone they loved?
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A soul-stirring opportunity for joyful reflection while preparing for one of life’s hardest yet most ever-present realities.
E.B. Lewis is the award-winning illustrator of numerous books for children, including Coming on Home Soon (a Caldecott Honor Book), Talkin' About Bessie (a Coretta Scott King Award winner), and The Bat Boy and His Violin (a Coretta Scott King Honor book). In 2003, the Kerlan Collection at the University of Minnesota purchased a collection of original watercolors from Lewis's first 50 children's books. Today, his works are displayed in museums, owned by private collectors, and sold by art galleries throughout the United States and Europe. He lives in New Jersey.
JUV013030 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
Grandmothers
Grandparent and child
Grief
Bereavement
African American families
Granddaughters
