In a true tale of a young girl in Iran and her grandmother, this beautiful ode to family celebrates small moments of love that become lifelong memories.
“This apparently uneventful story is imbued with quiet richness; the careful delight of daily routines adding up to a lifetime’s worth of love.” Guardian
In this big universe full of many moons, I have travelled and seen many wonders, but I have never loved anything or anyone the way I love my grandma.
While Mina is growing up in Iran, the centre of her world is her grandmother. Whether visiting friends next door, going to the mosque for midnight prayers during Ramadan, or taking an imaginary trip around the planets, Mina and her grandma are never far apart... At once deeply personal and utterly universal, this story is a love letter of the rarest sort: the kind that shares a bit of its warmth with every reader.
Mina Javaherbin has written several award-winning picture books, including Football Star, illustrated by Renato Alarcão, and Goal!, illustrated by A. G. Ford. She lives in Southern California, USA. Find her online at minajavaherbin.com and on Twitter as @minajuna.
Lindsey Yankey studied illustration at the University of Kansas and is the author-illustrator of Bluebird and Sun and Moon.She lives in Kansas, USA. Find her online at lindseyyankey.com.
In a true tale of a young girl in Iran and her grandmother, this beautiful ode to family celebrates small moments of love that become lifelong memories.
“This apparently uneventful story is imbued with quiet richness; the careful delight of daily routines adding up to a lifetime’s worth of love.” Guardian
In this big universe full of many moons, I have travelled and seen many wonders, but I have never loved anything or anyone the way I love my grandma.
While Mina is growing up in Iran, the centre of her world is her grandmother. Whether visiting friends next door, going to the mosque for midnight prayers during Ramadan, or taking an imaginary trip around the planets, Mina and her grandma are never far apart... At once deeply personal and utterly universal, this story is a love letter of the rarest sort: the kind that shares a bit of its warmth with every reader.
Mina Javaherbin has written several award-winning picture books, including Football Star, illustrated by Renato Alarcão, and Goal!, illustrated by A. G. Ford. She lives in Southern California, USA. Find her online at minajavaherbin.com and on Twitter as @minajuna.
Lindsey Yankey studied illustration at the University of Kansas and is the author-illustrator of Bluebird and Sun and Moon.She lives in Kansas, USA. Find her online at lindseyyankey.com.
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