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My Granny - was a Frightful Bore (but she isn't any more)
 
 

My Granny - was a Frightful Bore (but she isn't any more) (Hardcover)

by Nanette Newman (Author), Beryl Cook (Illustrator) "Granny learnt to dance at eighty-two, ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Chrysalis Children's Books; New edition edition (5 Feb 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1843650592
  • ISBN-13: 978-1843650591
  • Product Dimensions: 12.6 x 12.6 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 135,017 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #31 in  Books > Humour > Cooking
    #54 in  Books > Children's Books > Fiction > Issues > Family

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Just because your granny is old doesn't mean she is having a boring time! This granny is full of energy - in fact, it wasn't until her eighties that she started really having fun. She's learnt to tap-dance, has tried to fly, learnt magician's tricks, and plays regularly in a football team amongst many other things. Granny hasn't much time at all to do any of the normal boring things expected of her - no time for knitting or staring into space. This is a wonderful celebration of old age and will delight and amuse both young and older readers.

About the Author
Nanette Newman has received considerable acclaim for her long and varied acting career in films, on stage and on television. She has also been successful as an author, particularly with her cookery books and many books for children. She has collaborated with illustrators such as Beryl Cook, and worked with Michael Foreman on several projects. She has previously contributed to the Pavillion Books collection Bedtime Stories along with Terry Jones. Beryl Cook has been an artist and illustrator for many years, and her work is loved and admired worldwide. Born in 1926 in Surrey, Beryl was one of four sisters. She had no formal art training, using her life experience as inspiration for her now famous pictures. She has been a showgirl, a shorthand typist, managed a pub, worked in a wholesale fruiterers and kept a boarding house. She married her childhood sweetheart John at the age of 20 and they are now grandparents themselves. She lives in Plymouth with her husband and an assortment of pets.

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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars A Disappointment, 1 May 2004
By Tony Furniss (Carlisle, Cumbria United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
The illustrations by Beryl Cook are superb, but the poems that accompany them are paltry and poor. Some of them are only two lines long.

"She hasn't time to sit and knit,
She's mining next week in a pit."

Surely Nanette Newman can do better than this?

Tony Furniss

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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect gift for grannies, 6 May 2008
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Loved it - all my granny friends loved it too. It's funny, clever, beautifully illustrated and paints a (slightly exagerrated!) picture of how every modern granny would like to be seen. It makes the perfect gift for every granny.
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