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A review by pwbalto
Sleepover at Gramma's House by Jan Jutte, Barbara M. Joosse
5.0
Ok my kids are 7 and 9, and now I want them to get right on having grandchildren! Barbara Joosse scripts a syncopated, swingy, stop-start love song for a granddaughter and her grandma. They have a tea party, they paint, they listen to a thunderstorm snuggled on the front porch. They know, "the very best way to fall asleep is inside a hug."
HOW long til my boys start dating, settle down, and give me a granddaughter?
Toothy, bold ink lines give the illustrations an almost woodcut quality, while the color palette, done up in watercolors, is jaunty and varied. It's the composition and details that I like best, though - penguins and other birds, many wearing hats, observe the action... the little girl's apartment is littered with some very suave midcentury modern, and Gramma's comfy little house is cheerfully eclectic. Hoping to see quite a bit more from Jan Jutte, and I am always happy to see anything from Barbara Joosse.
HOW long til my boys start dating, settle down, and give me a granddaughter?
Toothy, bold ink lines give the illustrations an almost woodcut quality, while the color palette, done up in watercolors, is jaunty and varied. It's the composition and details that I like best, though - penguins and other birds, many wearing hats, observe the action... the little girl's apartment is littered with some very suave midcentury modern, and Gramma's comfy little house is cheerfully eclectic. Hoping to see quite a bit more from Jan Jutte, and I am always happy to see anything from Barbara Joosse.