Grandmas Hands

My grandmother lived with us part of every year and I got to spend spent a lot of time with her. She didnt want to be treated like a guest, she wanted to help! I remember very clearly watching her crooked hands as they peeled apples for apple butter, crocheted a doily, or made a pie. Her hands were magic to me. The idea for this book came to me after the birth of my first grandchild. I looked down at the beautiful baby in my hands. It struck me that my hands were now a grandmas hands. The idea resonated with me and just took hold. We use our hands every day to take care of others just like my grandmothers loving hands did long ago and I wanted to write a book about hands in her honor. Grandmas Hands is a full-color picture book about hands -the hands that hold us, love us, and take care of us in big and small ways. In it I have used photographs to focus on the daily life of hands-holding a baby, cooking a meal, or climbing a tree! I think grandma would be pleased.