Grandma S Basket

In a small town by Mainstay Lake lived a small girl named Beth. Her grandmother lived in a city far away, but every summer, Beth’s grandmother would visit and bring a basket full of surprises.

From the Letters From Grandma Series, comes a unique and wonderful book containing 13 letters, one for each week of the Autumn Season, that can be read or copied and sent to a child or grandchild. Each book contains a link to Free Coloring Pages that go with each letter in this book. Ages 2 to 6 years.

Grandma plans to make some soup with the vegetables in her basket, but the animals of Newspaper Valley have other ideas.

There was a time when children used to go to their grandpa and grandma often. In a playful way, they would learn and absorb the beautiful values of life. But today, when everyone is becoming busier, at such a time, it is only the stories which can bring us closer to the future generation. Those moments at night before sleeping, when we and our little ones enjoy the stories together, are invaluable. In these moments, unknowingly, the love between us becomes stronger, and the children learn the first lesson of their lives—the value of beautiful relationships. The attempt has been to see each story through the eyes of a child, and to listen to each story with the ears of a child, and understand it with a child's heart. The effort has been that if there is any word which pricks their innocent minds, then that should not reach them through the medium of these stories. The effort here has been that each story has a positive end, from which the dreams of the children get a positive beginning.

A collection of stories of life in the late nineteenth century, many reflecting the Christian faith of the author's family, including tales of pride in a new dress, a special apron for grandpa, and a little girl lost while asleep in her own bed.

The little girl is curious as she watches her grandma preparing to ripen bananas.

Resource guide supports the Picturing America program, which encourages children to learn about art and history by observing and talking about art works.