Praise for Eighteen Flowers for Grandma

"A child seeks the perfect gift for her grandmother’s upcoming college graduation. A gentle tale of intergenerational bonding that will appeal to budding artists."
Kirkus Reviews

"Alison Goldberg and Jesse White have achieved a picture-book trifecta: Eighteen Flowers for Grandma is a stirring ode to intergenerational family bonds, a gentle introduction to a Jewish custom, and an up-close look at the artistic process. . . Sadie's art-making process is captured both in the text and in White's elegant illustrations, which prioritize lilac, chartreuse, and vegetal greens and, per the book's back matter, incorporate the artist's "own take" on Jewish paper-cutting, a "traditional form of Jewish folk art... made by cutting figures and sentences from paper or parchment." It all adds up to a soothingly nutritive reading experience. Too bad Sadie can't give Grandma Eighteen Flowers for Grandma, a fine choice for anyone looking to give the gift of chai." --Nell Beram, freelance writer and YA author
Shelf Awareness

100 Best Multicultural Picture Books of 2024 –"A gorgeous celebration of family, culture, and the enduring bond between generations."
Colours of Us

A Best Book of the Year, 2024
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature

About the Authors

ALISON GOLDBERG is a writer based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is the author of I Love You for Miles and Miles and the National Jewish Book Award-winning picture book The Remembering Candle, illustrated by Selina Alko. Alison also wrote the award-winning nonfiction picture book Bottle Tops, a biography of the Ghanaian artist El Anatsui. Eighteen Flowers for Grandma was inspired by her own grandmother, who graduated from college at the age of seventy-eight. You can visit Alison online at alisongoldberg.com. JESSE WHITE is an illustrator, author, and muralist who creates whimsical, wonder-filled work about imagination and adventure. Nature is her core throughline, a focus that comes from her childhood in rural North Carolina. Jesse graduated with a BFA in studio art from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned her master's in art education from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her first author-illustrator project, Brave Like Fireweed, is due out from Union Square Kids. She lives in Durham, North Carolina. Visit Jesse online at www.jessewhiteillustration.com.

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