03. My Two Grannies

Benjamin, Floella & Chamberlain, Margaret. My Two Grannies. London : Frances Lincoln, 2007.

  Title:  My Two Grannies
  Author:  Floella Benjamin
  Publisher:  Frances Lincoln
  Year of publish: 2007
  Audience: Aged 5-8
  Subject: Culture conflict

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It is a winner of USBBY Outstanding International Book for Grades 3-5 in 2009. The theme of the book is mixed culture conflicts within a family which is easily connect to lots of families in Australia. The story is set in London. A mix racial girl Alvina has one black granny from Trinidad, one white granny from Yorkshire. These two grannies always want to do different things and lead to fight. How Alvina manages to find a perfect solution for her grannies? Answers are in the book. Readers can explore the two different cultures through the two grannies childhood stories and activities that they told Alvina. This is a perfect story to teach children tolerance of cultural differences. The humorous illustrations add hilarious elements to the characters. It targets children 5-8 years old.