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It's Not My Turn to Look for Grandma by April Halprin Wayland
Illustrated in full color. From early morning till sundown, folks on the farm take turns fetching Grandma, because someone's got to keep her out of trouble! Grandma's always in a heap of mischief—she's either telling jokes to her dog, sliding down the haystack with her porcupines, or playing nine-card stump with a possum. But when she's asked to play the banjo, Grandma is quick to say yes, because ending each day with a song is something she'll always make time for.
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First published January 1, 1995
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April Halprin Wayland
14 books10 followersApril Halprin Wayland's newest picture book, MORE THAN ENOUGH--A Passover Story, illustrated by Katie Kath, is about being grateful for each moment. Each moment is more than enough.
Her picture book, NEW YEAR AT THE PIER--A Rosh Hashanah Story, won the Sydney Taylor Gold Award for Younger Readers and received a starred review in Publishers Weekly. It is an affectionate, celebratory story of forgiveness and what a boy learns at the pier on the Jewish New Year.
Her novel in poems, GIRL COMING IN FOR A LANDING, won the Myra Cohn Livingston Award for Poetry, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Honor Award for Childrens Poetry, was a Junior Library Guild selection, was nominated as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and was nominated for ALAs Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers.
The operative word of her website is whimsy--it's full of writing exercises and resources, as well as information on Tashlich and on forgiveness
http://www.aprilwayland.com
April also posts about poetry on the blog TeachingAuthors with five other children's authors who teach
http://www.teachingauthors.com
Her poems are widely published in CRICKET Magazine and anthologies and have won the SCBWI Magazine Merit Award for Poetry multiple times (garnering honors four times and winning it twice).
Other works include her NAPPA gold award-winning CD of stories, and numerous picture books (Scholastic and Knopf).
She gives workshops across the US and throughout Europe, and has been on the faculty of the UCLA Extension Writer's Program teaching Writing the Picture Book for Children since 1999.
Her picture book, NEW YEAR AT THE PIER--A Rosh Hashanah Story, won the Sydney Taylor Gold Award for Younger Readers and received a starred review in Publishers Weekly. It is an affectionate, celebratory story of forgiveness and what a boy learns at the pier on the Jewish New Year.
Her novel in poems, GIRL COMING IN FOR A LANDING, won the Myra Cohn Livingston Award for Poetry, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Honor Award for Childrens Poetry, was a Junior Library Guild selection, was nominated as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and was nominated for ALAs Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers.
The operative word of her website is whimsy--it's full of writing exercises and resources, as well as information on Tashlich and on forgiveness
http://www.aprilwayland.com
April also posts about poetry on the blog TeachingAuthors with five other children's authors who teach
http://www.teachingauthors.com
Her poems are widely published in CRICKET Magazine and anthologies and have won the SCBWI Magazine Merit Award for Poetry multiple times (garnering honors four times and winning it twice).
Other works include her NAPPA gold award-winning CD of stories, and numerous picture books (Scholastic and Knopf).
She gives workshops across the US and throughout Europe, and has been on the faculty of the UCLA Extension Writer's Program teaching Writing the Picture Book for Children since 1999.
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May 6, 2011
Very cute story about a VERY silly Grandma.
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