TALES OF A GAMBLING GRANDMA - Hardcover

Khalsa, Dayal Kaur

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0517561379 ISBN 13: 9780517561379

Publisher: Clarkson Potter, 1986

Synopsis

Illus. in full color. "This grandma must be the least conventional grandparent in all of children's books. Khalsa's paintings are splendid--primitive folk art meets Coney Island. The childlike point-of-view is right on the mark."--Publishers Weekly.  
From the Hardcover edition.

About this title

Review:

" This is a beautiful book, filled with charm and wit and wisdom... such a fine and loving sense of detail, such mastery of storytelling."
- "New York Times Book Review"

This is a beautiful book, filled with charm and wit and wisdom such a fine and loving sense of detail, such mastery of storytelling.
"New York Times Book Review""

"This is a beautiful book, filled with charm and wit and wisdom...such a fine and loving sense of detail, such mastery of storytelling."
-New York Times Book Review

About the Author:

Dayal Kaur Khalsa both wrote and illustrated picture books that celebrate the joys in life: the love between grandparents and grandchildren, the togetherness of a family holiday, the ingenuity of a girl who wants a dog, the thrill of discovering a new and delicious food. Her books have won numerous awards, including being chosen twice for the New York Times Best Illustrated Books of the Year and twice as a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award. Dayal Kaur Khalsa died in 1989.

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarkson Potter
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0517561379
• ISBN 13: 9780517561379
• Binding: Hardcover