This special friendship between one small girl and her grandfather is captured in this gently humorous, touching story that will delight adults and children alike. Subtle and brilliant. --TES Adorable Granpa nurses his granddaughter's dolls, mistakes her strawberry-flavoured pretend ice cream for chocolate, and fall in with her imaginary plans to captain a ship to Africa. It is a friendship that children who read this book will long remember. Granpa nurses his granddaughter's dolls, mistakes her strawberry-flavoured pretend ice-cream for chocolate, takes her tobogganing in the snow, and falls in with her imaginary plans to captain a ship to Africa, like all good Granpa's should. It is a friendship that children who read this book will long remember. |