Description
Description
A picture book that celebrates local shops and building communities. Anna Maria takes great pleasure and pride in her grandparents' corner grocery store. Every Saturday she spends the day helping to arrange fruits and vegetables, greet the customers, and keep things neat and tidy. Through her day we meet the neighbors and learn what an important part the corner grocery store plays in the community. Nonno Domenico, Nonna Rosa, and Anna Maria supply more than goods as the steady stream of customers arrives. Lunches are made, news is shared, bargains are purchased, recipes are traded, and cheerful ciaos are called. By the end of a long day, Anna Maria has a true sense of just how wonderful the sights and smells within the store are and how much they mean to everyone. Charmingly illustrated in great detail, Our Corner Grocery Store pays tribute to the small independent grocers who supply color and atmosphere to city streets. Young readers will particularly enjoy finding and naming the wide array of produce, breads, candies, and dry goods that abound in this friendly establishment.
About the Author
About the Author
JOANNE SCHWARTZ grew up in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Her first picture book, Our Corner Grocery Store, was a Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award finalist. Her picture book Town Is by the Sea won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award and was a Governor General's Literary Award nominee and a Boston Globe-Horn Book honoree. Joanne has been a children's librarian for more than thirty years, and she has spent many dreamy days looking at beautiful picture books. She lives in Toronto, Ontario. LAURA BEINGESSNER has loved to draw and paint ever since she was a little girl. She is the illustrator of many books for children, including the multiple award-winning Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World. When Laura is not drawing and painting, she enjoys walking her dog, Ollie, around her local Toronto neighborhood.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"Originally published in 2009, this ode from a child's perspective to her loving grandparents and their unpretentious shop seems instantly familiar. . . . Every picture in the book stands alone as a work of art and also advances the building of characters. . . . The entire book is delizioso." --Imaginary Elevators "A reminder of a different time. . . . It was lovely to visit Nonno Domenico and Nonna Rosa's grocery store, especially as Laura Beingessner captures the very essence of a neighbourhood store and a child's place in it." --CanLit for Little Canadians
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Tundra Books (NY)
Pub date:
2025-09-02
Length:
32 pages
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