What About Grandma? Resources & Further Study

Hadley Irwin (Lee Hadley)
This Study Guide consists of approximately 18 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of What About Grandma?.

What About Grandma? Resources & Further Study

Hadley Irwin (Lee Hadley)
This Study Guide consists of approximately 18 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of What About Grandma?.
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Commire, Anne, ed. "Irwin, Ann" In Something About the Author. Vol. 38.

Detroit: Gale Research, 1985: 90.

Contains information about books written by Ann Irwin under her own name and others co-authored with Bernice Reida. Titles of the books indicate Irwin's interest in a broad range of problems faced by many teen-agers.

Constant, Helen. "The Image of Grandparents in Children's Literature."

Language Arts 54 (January 1977): 33-40. This article contains information on research studies that focus on how the topic of aging is treated in children's literature. Cites studies showing how some books present positive views of old age. Wyn in What About Grandma? presents a model of an aged person living a vigorous and diverse lifestyle.

Davis, Gary L. "A Content Analysis of Fifty-seven Children's Books with Death Themes." Child Study Journal 16, 1 (1986): 39-54. This analysis of the contents of fifty-seven selected books identifies the kinds of information presented...

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