Big Mama
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A portrait of a local hero All the neighborhood kids agree that Billy Boyd's grandmother is a wonder. She can build freight trains and spaceships, she knows intergalactic code, and she even plays kickball. Best of all are those hot summer evenings when Big Mama treats the whole gang to ice cream. Woody's ice-cream stand is all the way across town, and with Big Mama in the lead, the journey there and back again is always full of adventure. In this warm, affectionate book, lush and lively illustrations are filled with amusing details of small-town life.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0374306885
ISBN13:9780374306885
Release Date:March 2000
Publisher:Farrar Straus Giroux
Length:1 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 9.3" x 9.3"
Age Range:4 to 8 years
Grade Range:Preschool to Grade 3
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Big Mama- a small town story with a big hearted message
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Big Mama is a wonderful story about a special grandmother who not only provides love and teaches responsibility to her orphaned grandson Billy, but to all his friends as well. The words of author Tony Crunk accompanied by the lovely illustrations by Margot Apple combine to tell the adventures of Big Mama and the group of racially and ethnically mixed children who share a common bond, friendship. Big Mama allows the children to use their imaginations in their make believe games even joining in with them. Big Mama teaches the children that they are responsible for their actions. The big event of the day is the trip to Woody's for ice cream. Along the way, Big Mama and the children stop to visit neighbors while helping them with their chores, scurry past the neighborhood bullies, and make the trek back with Big Mama out front leading the children safely home. A small town story with a big hearted message.
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