Aunt Claire's Yellow Beehive Hair

By Deborah Blumenthal and Mary GrandPre

“What a treat it is to become acquainted with her family’s cast of characters!”

—Review of Texas Books

“Warmth, humor, and fond remembrance waft through this beautifully worded and evocatively illustrated exploration of a young girl’s family tree.”

—justonemorebook.com

One rainy day, Annie asks her grandmother about their family’s history. Grandma Marilyn, who knows just how to tell a story, takes Annie on a genealogical adventure. When she shows Annie her old, dusty photographs, every aunt and uncle seems to come to life. Fascinated by the stories of her relatives, Annie decides to bring them all together in one album of family history.

With powerfully touching prose, this delightful story takes readers on a nostalgic journey that will leave them reminiscing about their own families. Fun and quirky drawings bring past relatives out of their frames as Annie’s imagination brings them to life. Although each family member is unique, the love she finds for her ancestors is universal. Her story will inspire children to seek out stories from their past and create a memory album for their own family.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Aug 14, 2007
• ISBN: 9781455600496

Deborah Blumenthal

Deborah Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and nutritionist, and the author of twenty-three books for adults and children. She has been a regular contributor to The New York Times. Her feature stories have appeared in a wide variety of national newspapers and magazines, including The New York Daily News, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Family Circle, and Woman’s Day. Deborah lives in New York City.

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[marabie-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A little girl wonders about the pictures of her family members. Some she never met and some passed before she was born. She asks her family about the pictures. Throughout the book her family tells stories about the people in the photographs. Together they make an album of the family and their history. This would be a cute book to read to a class when discussing family trees. Students could bring in a picture of an older family member and share what they know about their relative.