My great great grandmother

key selling points

• when a boy goes digging in his backyard, he finds his great-great-grandmother’s skeleton...who scolds him for not recognizing her! after a fun day together, she returns to her final resting place, but the boy will never forget the time they spent together.
• a funny and heartwarming look at our relationships to our ancestors, whom we usually don’t get to meet, and how a boy creates a relationship with his great-great-grandmother even though she’s no longer around.
• sure to inspire the imagination of readers, who might dream up what they would do if they could visit with a long-lost family member, and a good jumping-off point for discussions about family heritage and different generations.
• full of bold, bright illustrations that underscore the humor and warmth of the story.
• joaquín camp’s work has been published in many languages, including spanish, korean, italian, dutch and english. he lives and works in madrid.