GWENDOLYN GRACE

Gwendolyn Grace (a preschool alligator in a pink tutu) wants to play. But GG’s mother insists that she pipe down, because the baby is trying to sleep.

G can’t quite believe it, and in this funny call- and-response, all-dialogue book, she questions her mother relentlessly about what is allowed (not much) and not allowed (a lot). It all ends happily, though, when Gwendolyn Grace wakes up the baby (maybe on purpose, maybe an accident) and the Mom, baby, and GG play a noisy game together. Lots of action, lots of noise, and lots of funny moments make this picture book debut an ideal choice for story time and families with new siblings.

Katherine Hannigan has undergraduate degrees in education and secondary mathematics, and painting. Her graduate degree is in studio art. She is the author of Ida B, Emmaline and the Bunny, True (Sort Of...), and Gwendolyn Grace. Ida B was a New York Times and Book Sense bestseller, a Parents’ Choice Gold Award winner, and it appeared on more than thirty state award lists. She lives in Iowa with a bunch of cats and the occasional bunny or bird visitor.