My Grandmother’s Clock - Softcover

McCaughrean, Geraldine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007106521 ISBN 13: 9780007106523

Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks, 2003

Synopsis

In grandmother’s house there is a grandfather clock, but it does not go. The hands on its big face never move...

But grandmother doesn't need the clock to show the time, she says that there are so many other clocks telling her the time. She can count the seconds by the beating of her heart, an hour in the time it takes for the bath water to get cold, a week by the dust that settles on the grandfather clock and a lifetime in birthdays, friends and in what you can remember.

Lyrical, moving and beautifully illustrated, this is a book to be treasured.

About this title

Review:

‘McCaughrean sees with a poet’s eye, and her book is as classic an address on this subject for those of 6+ as Tom’s Midnight Garden is for older readers. The dreamy, luminous illustrations by Stephen Lambert make this one of the most stimulating and attractive picture books of the year.’ Independent

‘Geraldine McCaughrean has produced an inspired picturebook in My Grandmother’s Clock. Illuminated with Stephen Lambert’s gentle pastels, this book is both useful and moving.’
Sunday Times

About the Author:

Stephen Lambert graduated from Lincoln College of Art in 1984 and soon turned his attention to children’s book illustration. He lives and works in Cornwall.

Geraldne McCaughrean is a highly-acclaimed writer of children’s fiction and picture books and is particularly known for her retellings. She lives in a village in Berkshire.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0007106521
• ISBN 13: 9780007106523
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Lambert Stephen