Grandpd Green # 28

1.      Author: Lane Smith
2.      Title: Grandpa Green
3.      Illustrator: Lane Smith
4.      Genre: Picture Book
5.      Subgenre: Fiction
6.      Theme: Grandfathers, aging, memory, and Gardeners
7.      Primary and secondary Characters: Grandpa Green and his one great-grandson
8.      Awards: Caldecott Honor Book
9.      Date of Publication: 2011
10.  Publication Company: Roaring Brook Press
11.  A summary about the book and how you will use it in your classroom. 

Grandpa Green’s great-grandson takes us through the garden of memories, the memories of Grandpa Green.  He tells us about how long ago his grandfather was born and how his dream of being a horticulturist was interrupted when he went to fight in World War II.  Then Grandpa Green found the love of his life and went on to have many children, even more grandchildren, but only one great-grandchild.  The great-grandson tells about how Grandpa Green’s garden helps him remember all of these wonderful memories while his memory was fading.  I would read this book to pre-school through first grade students on grandparents day.  I would also read this book when introducing the work horticulture.  Putting that big word in a simple book could help students understand what it means before telling them.