![]() ![]() Grandpa’s long life sees him through a world war that puts his love of horticulture on hold, but leads him to his future wife, to marriage, then kids, grandkids, and even a great-grandkid – the story’s “me.” Now that Grandpa is “pretty old,” he might tend to forget a thing or two, “ut the important stuff, the garden remembers for him.” Meet Grandpa Green, who grew up “on a farm with pigs and corn,” reading stories from actual books when chickenpox keeps him out of school. ![]() Leave it to Lane Smith to remind us all – wifi, (not-so-)smartphone, gadget-addicted adults included, ahem! – of the joys of a whole lifetime well-lived before all that stuff. From the genius creator of It’s a Book (still my personal battle cry!) comes another delightful low-tech celebration of things that don’t require electricity! “He was born a really long time ago,” the tale begins, “before computers or cell phones or television.” Imagine that sort of life for our 21st-century progeny … impossible huh? Well, it’s time to let them read and learn. ![]()
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