Banjo Granny
Banjo Granny
by Sarah Martin Busse and Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Illustrated by Barry Root.  Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
ISBN 0-618-33603-6.

Banjo Granny

by Sarah Martin Busse and Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Illustrated by Barry Root

    From the publisher:

    Granny"s heart is set to see her new grandbaby, but how can she fjord a fast river, climb a steep mountain, and cross a wide desert?
With a dose of determination, a well-stocked banjo case, and the charm of a simple bluegrass song—that's how!

Part tall tale, part lullaby, this rhythmic story, illustrated with warm pastoral paintings, celebrates the meeting of grandmothers and grandbabies everywhere.

Reviews and Curriculum Connections
  1. Learn more about banjos by checking out the links at "the banjo page."

  2. Learn more about blue grass music and the father of blue grass by learning about Bill Monroe

  3. Granny is actually traveling from her home in Iowa to Owen's home in the San Francisco Bay Area in California.  Use a USA map to chart Banjo Granny's journey to see Owen.  What is the  river she crossed? The mountains? The desert?  A map transparency is available at http://www.mcbookwords.com/books/banjogranny.html.

  4. Banjo Granny is featured "In the Spotlight" — a monthly column published in Library Sparks.  Check the November 2007 issue.
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