Grandmother's Visit
Illustrator
Carmen Mok
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Publication Year
2018
ISBN
9781554989546
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Grandmother lives with Grace's family. She tells her stories about growing up in China and together they savor the flavors of her childhood. Grandmother says goodbye when she drops Grace off at school every morning and hello when she picks her up at the end of the day. Then, Grandmother stops walking Grace to and from school, and the door to her room stays closed. One day, Grandmother's room is empty. And one day, Grandmother is buried. After the funeral, Grace's mom turns on all the outside lights so that Grandmother's spirit can find its way home for one final goodbye.
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Culture/Ethnicity; Family member death; Bicultural; death of a grandparent; death of a grandmother; bicultural child
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Asian (Chinese)
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Asian Pacific American Award for Literature, 2018-2019, Honor, Picture Book
Asian Pacific American Award for Literature, 2019, Honor, Picture Book
Keywords
rice; China; keys; lights; grave; death; grief; school; walk; coat
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Quan, Betty, "Grandmother's Visit" (2018). Diverse Families. 1925.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1925