bluenicorn's review against another edition
4.0
There's not much story here, but it doesn't need one. It's just this lovely little slice of life where a young girl spends time with her grandmother. You see a very loving dynamic and the young girl taking pleasure in the small joys that come from that. Beautiful illustrations. Sweet story overall.
agudenburr's review against another edition
4.0
A warm fuzzy book about time spent with grandma. This would make a great one-on-one story.
toad_maiden's review against another edition
4.0
A very sweet and quirky inter-generational friendship story. As someone who was particularly close with my Grandma as a girl, this hit the spot!
briarsreviews's review against another edition
4.0
Maud and Grand-Maud is a lovely book about a relationship between a Grandmother and Granddaughter.
This book is just so sweet. It's familial ties and bonding in it makes my heart sing. It's honestly one of the greatest little picture books I've picked up lately. It's so sweet and wholesome! I highly recommend it if you want a sweet, little read to sink into with your little ones. It also has beautiful yet soft illustrations that really tie the story together.
Four out of five stars.
Thank you to NetGalley and Tundra Books for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.
This book is just so sweet. It's familial ties and bonding in it makes my heart sing. It's honestly one of the greatest little picture books I've picked up lately. It's so sweet and wholesome! I highly recommend it if you want a sweet, little read to sink into with your little ones. It also has beautiful yet soft illustrations that really tie the story together.
Four out of five stars.
Thank you to NetGalley and Tundra Books for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.
graypeape's review against another edition
5.0
Okay, I love everything about this book. Will it exactly suit every child's situation? No. As a child, I wouldn't have related to the story; I wasn't named after anyone, and my grandparents lived too far away for frequent visits. I would have enjoyed the story, though, because it's sweet, and while I might not have been able to put my finger on it, there's a lot of mutual respect between Maud and Grand-Maud- there's nothing better than an adult who takes you seriously and doesn't talk down to you when you're a kid. Any children's story with family involved won't perfectly suit every child's situation, and that's okay. This is a lovely story where a child gets to feel special and spends time with someone who loves them. It's about the little rituals that make special times special. It's about listening to each other's stories. That's beautiful.
Also beautiful are the illustrations, filled with warm, cozy color, sweet details, and a mixed-race family (Maud presents Asian, Grand-Maud presents white, Maud's imagined future children are a mix of the these). I especially loved the wordless spread featuring a possible future story about a cat (Maud wants to be an author when she grows up). This book gave me the warm happy feels, that makes it a winner in my opinion!
#MaudandGrandMaud #NetGalley
Also beautiful are the illustrations, filled with warm, cozy color, sweet details, and a mixed-race family (Maud presents Asian, Grand-Maud presents white, Maud's imagined future children are a mix of the these). I especially loved the wordless spread featuring a possible future story about a cat (Maud wants to be an author when she grows up). This book gave me the warm happy feels, that makes it a winner in my opinion!
#MaudandGrandMaud #NetGalley
musicalknitter's review against another edition
4.0
This is a delightful story about a granddaughter visiting her grandmother. She talks about the special rituals they have during their visit and how she learns about her grandmother and vice versa. The illustrations are gentle and add to the comforting ambiance of the story. A joy to read!
erine's review against another edition
3.0
A sweet book about Maud and her grandmother, Grand-Maud. Every week Maud spends the night at her Grand-Maud's apartment. They have breakfast for dinner, watch old movies, and Grand-Maud tells stories about her childhood while Maud dreams of her future. A lovely celebration of the bond between grandparents and grandkids. I enjoy [a:Kenard Pak|7182574|Kenard Pak|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s illusrations overall, they are squared-off and linear with a really soft palette, which adds a warmth to the story.
smorrison4's review against another edition
3.0
I requested and received an e-ARC of this book from Sara O’Leary and Penguin Random House Canada through NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.
This was a sweet story about the special bond between a grandmother and her granddaughter and how small things become special memories. This would make a great gift for a grandmother to give to her new granddaughter.
This was a sweet story about the special bond between a grandmother and her granddaughter and how small things become special memories. This would make a great gift for a grandmother to give to her new granddaughter.