By Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrator James Stevenson
Pub. Greenwillow ooks, New York, 1992
ISBN 0-688-11519-5
Told from the perspective of the main protagonist, a young girl, this looks at an elderly woman who lives alone in their neighbourhood. She observes the changing seasons through the flowers growing in the lady’s garden, and likes being waved at when they are going to and from school. The elderly neighbour invites them in to share the different celebrations, and her home baking – her warm fire and candy apples at Halloween, her decorated tree and cookies at Christmas, and little cakes with yellow frosting at Easter. And what is really important to the narrator is that the little old lady always smiles at her and know her name is Sally and that her dog’s name is Matilda.
Many people have elderly neighbours, but they don’t all take the time to acknowledge and include them in their community. Zolotow’s charming story shows just how easy it is to create warm memories and learn from each other.
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