Who is afraid of big, bad Grandma?

Grandmothers come in all shapes, sizes and roles in children's literature. We have finally got around to explaining little red riding hood to the kids (well, Sophie does have the cloak); there is a magnificently awful grandmother in George's Marvellous Medicine which we know on cd but have started reading today.

But we are also getting to know a wonderful Quebecoise writer and illustrator - Marie-Louise Gay. Grandmothers don't really appear in her work, except....

Back in the autumn, during someone's "quiet time", I read Gay's bestseller "Stella".




Here's some of the exchange:



Sophie: Grandma?



Me: Their Grandma



Sophie: I have a Grandma too.



Me: Yes, you do. Do you love your Grandma?



Sophie: Yes.



Me: Why do you love Grandma?



Sophie: Because she laughs.