2005, A Groundwood Book, House of Anansi Press, Toronto & Berkeley
Out-of-print
32 pgs.
Goodreads rating: 3.91 - 22 ratings
My rating: 4.5
Endpapers: Red striped background with collage of antique Christmas postcards
Illustrations: Facsimiles of oodles and oodles of vintage postcards. Drawings of Aunt Olga and the little girl look like pen and ink and watercolors.
1st line/s: "Great-great Aunt Olga is ninety-five. She calls herself a nonagenarian! We all think the world of her."
My comments: This is a wonderfully special book for me. It's about Christmas and poetry and aging and familial grandparent-type/child relationship. Its about memories and art and poems that both rhyme and don't rhyme. There's quite a bit of text, but not so much that snuggling with a child older than a toddler and a gingerbread cookie wouldn't remedy!
Goodreads: Anna’s great-aunt Olga has collected Christmas postcards all her life. She’s ninety-five, and many of the cards are very old. The holidays are the perfect time for Aunt Olga to share her postcards and her memories with her favorite niece. Decked out in red, Aunt Olga is ready for fun as she teaches Anna how to write her very own Christmas rhymes. Written with warmth and humor, this lovely story is a perfect starting point for discussions of the “olden days”, as well as a charming introduction to the joys of collecting.
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