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Informationen zum Autor Lester L. Laminack is a specialist in children's literacy and professor emeritus at Western Carolina University. Laminack has written numerous books and articles for educators in addition to his picture books, and he is a sought-after speaker at professional meetings and reading associations nationwide. He lives in North Carolina. Chris Soentpiet graduated with honors from the Pratt Institute of Art in New York City, where he majored in fine arts and minored in education. He has illustrated numerous award-winning books for children. A native of Korea, he lives in New York. Klappentext So begins author Lester Laminack's poetic memory of the adult who made him feel incredibly special--his grandmother. Every Saturday! the narrator! a young boy! rides his bicycle up and down country roads past farms! a grave-yard! and a filling station! until he reaches his beloved Mammaw's house. She is waiting for him. No one else! just him. While she picks tomatoes! he pushes the lawnmower through the dew-we grass. Afterwards! he always helps her make teacakes from scratch! breaking the eggs and stirring the batter. But the best part! he remembers! is eating the hot! sweet cookies fresh from the oven. Children will understand the special love between the boy and his grandmother. Set in a small own in the "Leave It to Beaver days of the mid-sixties! the story evokes a gentler and more innocent time and place. Young readers will almost hear the crunch of bicycle wheels on gravel and the "criiick-craaack-criick of a metal glider in Laminack's richly detailed prose. Award-winning illustrator Chris Soentpiet's images beautifully capture the relationship and the place! perfectly depicting the simplicity of an earlier time.
