Celebrate the special bond between grandmothers and their grandchildren with these sweet picture books! Featuring stories of grandmothers passing down their traditions, recipes and knowledge, these books are the perfect gift for grandmothers and grandkids alike.
If You Kiss a Kohkom
In this beautifully illustrated book, a granddaughter spends the day with her kohkom, celebrating family traditions and the role of Elders in young lives.
The narration mimics the style of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, making for a fun read-aloud experience!
A Hug on the Wind
In this comforting read, Sam’s grandmother is going away for the winter, and he worries about how they’ll keep in touch. Then she tells him that she can send a hug on the wind.
This is a great choice for kids whose loved ones aren’t close by to remind them that their connection is still strong no matter the distance.
Meena Can’t Wait
This story follows Meena and her nanu as they prepare a tea party with a special Bengali tea called doodh cha.
Meena Can’t Wait shows a grandmother passing down a family tradition and the bonding that happens when people share their food and culture with young ones.
The Never-Ending Sweater
In this heartfelt story, a young boy asks his grandmother to knit him a sweater, which he wears as he grows up and travels the world, before returning to his seaside village.
The Never-Ending Sweater depicts how something as simple and necessary as a sweater could be made by hand so well that it lasts an entire lifetime, even to be passed on to the next generation.
Springtime in Kitkatla
In this beautiful picture book, Wałaas and her dzi’i take a fishing boat to their family’s reserve, Kitkatla, for spring break, where Wałaas enjoys spending time with family, eating traditional foods and wandering the shoreline.
This story captures the sense of spring vacation and time slowing down when you are visiting family.
My Great Great Grandmother
A funny read about a boy who digs up his great-great-grandmother’s skeleton and has an adventure with her!
Full of bold, bright illustrations, this book explores our relationships to our ancestors, whom we usually don’t get to meet, and how a boy creates a relationship with his great-great-grandmother even though she’s no longer around.