by Betsy and Molly Bang Macmillan, 1975 |
The story follows a widow who travels to her grand-
daughter's house. Along the way she meets some hungry animals. The old woman will have to use all her cleverness to arrive safely at her family's house and return home again unharmed.
I didn't discover this charming book until I had a family of my own, but it reminds me of The Lambikin by Helen S. Hansen, illustrated by Jack and Louise Meyers for Whitman in 1962. I used to ask my mother to read The Lambikin over and over. The Lambikin was originally taken from Tales of the Punjab, so the comparison makes perfect sense.
The old woman meets the bear, Molly Bang |
Lambikin by Helen Hansen |