# Grandpa Green: (Caldecott Honor Book) - Hardcover

by **Lane Smith** (Author), **Lane Smith** (Illustrator)

**A Caldecott Honor Book**

From the creator of the national bestseller _It's a Book_ comes a Caldecott Honor-winning timeless story of family history, legacy, and love.

Grandpa Green wasn't always a gardener. He was a farmboy and a kid with chickenpox and a soldier and, most of all, an artist. In this captivating new picture book, readers follow Grandpa Green's great-grandson into a garden he created, a fantastic world where memories are handed down in the fanciful shapes of topiary trees and imagination recreates things forgotten.

In his most enigmatic and beautiful work to date, Lane Smith explores aging, memory, and the bonds of family history and love; by turns touching and whimsical, it's a stunning picture book that parents and grandparents will be sharing with children for years to come.

This title has Common Core connections.

_Grandpa Green_ is a Publishers Weekly Best Children's Picture Books title for 2011.  
One of _School Library Journal_'s Best Picture Books of 2011.

### Author Biography

**Lane Smith** has written and illustrated a bunch of stuff, including picture books _There Is A Tribe Of Kids_; _John, Paul, George & Ben_; _Madam President_; and middle-grade novel _Return to Augie Hobble_ . He is the author and illustrator of 2012 Caldecott Honor book _Grandpa Green_, and the _New York Times_ bestseller _It's a Book_, which has been translated into more than 20 languages. Lane's titles with Jon Scieszka have included the Caldecott Honor-winner _The Stinky Cheese Man_; _The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs_; _Math Curse_; and _Science Verse_. Lane's other high profile titles include _Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!_ by Dr. Seuss and Jack Prelutsky;_The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip_ by George Saunders; _Big Plans_ by Bob Shea; and _James and the Giant Peach_ by Roald Dahl. In 1996 Lane served as Conceptual Designer on the Disney film version of _James and the Giant Peach_. Lane also wrote and illustrated the retro, cult favorites, _The Happy Hocky Family_ and _The Happy Hocky Family Moves to the Country_. Like the Hocky family, he and book designer Molly Leach live in a little town in the country.

**Number of Pages:** 32

**Dimensions:** 0.41 x 8.81 x 11.3 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** August 30, 2011

**Award:** Caldecott Medal (2012)

**Award:** Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (2012)

**Award:** Red Clover Award (2013)

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Grandpa Green

**Interest Level:** Lower Grades, K-3

**Reading Level:** 2.5

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

- **Price:** 20.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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