What Grandmas Do Best / What Grandpas Do Best
By Laura Numeroff
The Story
A flip-style celebration of grandmas and grandpas showing all the everyday things they do — painting, picnics, hide-and-seek, sand castles — before landing on what they truly do best of all.
Why It's Special
For the kid who lights up at the words 'Grandma' or 'Grandpa,' this book turns everyday moments together into something worth celebrating.
- Big idea: Grandparents show love through small, everyday moments, and those moments add up to something best of all.
- Vibes: Warm, gentle, and cozy, with the comfortable rhythm of a much-loved routine.
Perfect For Kids Who
- enjoy books about family and grandparents
- like to list all the things their own grandma or grandpa does with them
- respond well to a repeating, predictable structure
- are working on noticing and naming everyday acts of love
Ask Your Little Reader
- Real-life connection: What do you like to do most with your grandma or grandpa?
- Story structure: This book lists lots of things grandmas and grandpas do — which one is your favorite from the story?
- Feelings & empathy: How does it feel when someone plays or spends time with you like the grandmas and grandpas in this book?
- Imagination: If you got to plan a whole day with your grandma or grandpa, what would you do together?
