Carol Maylon
Published: 1998-01-01
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Although sharing is a much bludgeoned theme in many children's books, this storyhas a neat twist for young readers because the adults are taught to share by a wiselittle child. The two very different kinds of grandmothers are also a pleasantbreak from tradition. Recommended.' -- Steve Pitt, "Canadian Book Review Annual Witty language and wacky illustrations combine to make this a cleverstory for grandmas of every persuasion.' -- "Todays Grandparent Carol Malyon is the author of four books, with fiction and poetryfeatured in "Paragraph, the "New Quarterly, "Event, "Grain, the "Malahat Review, and "Quarry.Her first short-story collection, "The Edge of the World (Mercury 1991), was short-listed forthe Commonwealth Writer's Prize (Best First Book of Fiction); her first novel, "If I Knew I'd Tell You (Mercury 1993), was short-listed forthe SmithBooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award.She is the author of two books of poetry, "Headstand and "Emma's Dead.She has also won the Penny Dreadful Short Story Contest held by sub-TERRAINMagazine. She was born, and currently lives in, Toronto where she writes full-time.