Where is Grandma? (PB)

Author(s): Peter Schossow

General Picture Books

Henry is visiting his grandmother in hospital. When his nanny has to take a call, he decides to go on alone. He knows Grandma well, after all! But the hospital is bigger than he thought, and his visit becomes an odyssey: up and down elevators, in and out of rooms. Now Henry isn’t sure he will find Grandma after all. Down every corridor, Henry does find people to talk to: staff, patients, and visitors fill his journey with with conversation, humour, information—and a wonderful variety of human nature.

Henry is off to visit Grandma at the hospital but when they get there Gulsa, his Kurdish nanny, is busy on the phone. So Henry decides to find Grandma himself. And so begins his quest and a 64 page exploration of a pretty enormous hospital - from the information desk to a maternity ward to a gastroenterologist's office, Henry opens the doors we've all wondered about on our own hospital visits.

Where is Grandma? is almost a graphic novel, both in size and in style, and the illustrations add more than just one layer to the story. Henry meets people only briefly, sometimes only passing them in the corridor, but Schössow (author of the popular My First Car was Red) manages to hint at an entire story, an entire life, with the bow of a head or the tilt of an eyebrow. This is definitely a book that could lead some great discussions like, where is the person with the 'human organ transplant' box going?

With a large and diverse cast of characters (women and men of various ethnicities), this is a great introduction to the hospital for age 4+

- Lucy


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781776571550
  • : Gecko Press
  • : UNKNOWN
  • : November 2017
  • : New Zealand
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Peter Schossow
  • : Paperback
  • : 833.92
  • : 0