The exuberant color illustrations perfectly complement this extravagant tale with a heartwarming moral.

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	• Grandpa for Sale Dotti Enderle, Vicki Sansum Flashlight Press, 2007 - 32 pages average customer review:based on 10 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The exuberant color illustrations perfectly complement this extravagant tale with a heartwarming moral.

Co-authored by Vicki Sansum and Golden Spur Award nominee Dotti Enderle, Grandpa for Sale is a charming children's picturebook about qualities worth far more than money. When young Lizzie minds the family antique store, an imperious older woman named Mrs. Larchmont demands to buy the one antique not on sale - Lizzie's slumbering grandpa! As the women offers more and more money - five hundred, five thousand, ten thousand dollars - Lizzie dreams of all the wonderful and fun things the money could buy, but also remembers how valueless those things would be without Grandpa to share them. "Lizzie took a deep breath and leaned in. 'Mrs. Larchmont,' she announced, 'not everyone has a price and not everything is for sale.'" The exuberant color illustrations perfectly complement this extravagant tale with a heartwarming moral.

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A wonderful book!

Reviewed by Brianne Plach (age 10) for Reader Views (5/08)

You can't put a price on a loving grandpa. Sure he is very old and sometimes missing teeth, but he is definitely priceless. Maybe he likes to take naps, but does that make him any less lovable? Everything in life can be bought, right? No, not when it comes to grandpas.

Dotti Enderle and Vicki Sansum have created a book which celebrates the unique relationship between this young girl and her grandpa. Lizzie is watching the antique store with her grandpa when he gets very sleepy. He decides to lie down on one of the sofas and is fast asleep. A customer comes in with her white poodle and looks on the many things for sale. She picks out a few items but then finds something that would complete her antique collection. Mrs. Larchmont wants to add Grandpa to her possessions. When thinking about all the things that she could get with the large amounts of money that the customer is offering, she doesn't see money being more important than grandpa. Mrs. Larchmont is very determined but Lizzie thinks of all the things that she wouldn't have if she didn't have Grandpa in her life.

T. Kyle Gentry has illustrated this wonderful book which celebrates grandpas and granddaughters. His pictures are awesome! I liked the way he made the things in the antique store in black and white with the characters in color. After all it's people that are more important than things. I liked the expression on the poodle's face matching that of her upset owner. The pictures are very cute and add a lot of meaning to the words.

I have a very special relationship with my Grandpa, my mom's dad. I wouldn't put a price on him either. I could really relate with this book, my grandpa owns a store and sometimes says he gets sleepy when he's there. The grandpa in "Grandpa for Sale" even looked something like my grandpa which made it really touch a special spot in my heart when reading this book. I know I could never sell my very special grandpa either!

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Grandpa for Sale by Dotti Endelr, Vicki Sansum, T. Kyle Gentry

I loved this book. Great illustrations and good lesson about value of those you love. Would recommend for ages 4 and up.

Big Hair and Big Dreams

Lizzie knows that she's capable of running Oldman's Antiques while her mother is out. But she doesn't expect the amazingly big-haired Mrs. Bradley Larchmont the Third to sweep into the store and fall in love with the one-of-a-kind antique displayed on the Louis XVI settee: Grandpa. Flashes of humor brightly illuminate the eventual lesson that not everything is for sale. The illustrator came up with some interestesting ways to illustrate Lizzie's big dreams as she wrestles with temptation.

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This book will definitely become a classic, beloved by young and old!

One of my greatest joys in life is reading children's books (I enjoy writing them, too.) THAT said, let me tell you what I like about this wonderful book and its unusual, aesthetic illustrations.

First of all, I'm always on the lookout for an original idea, and what could be more unique than a child tempted by "big bucks" to sell her beloved Grandpa? Very clever of Dotti Enderle and Vicki Sansum to create this charming, fascinating concept.

Second: I'm captivated by the eye-pleasing color illustrations complementing the black-and-white background. Illustrator T. Kyle Gentry has a rare talent. I've seen that concept before but not too often. The first time I saw color on b&w was at a 1980s San Jose art show when artist Lee Hartman painted a handsome young man in b&w, the only color being his blue eyes. That piece of fine art was captivating, but I couldn't afford the large oil at the time, so I bought a small, limited-edition print instead. It's lovely.

But I digress! Sorry about that!

I also looooooooved this book because the characters are so real. Who wouldn't fall in love with young Lizzie and her Grandpa? The way these two authors described them was perfection. Wonderful, heart-warming characters that I'll remember all my life.

I even liked the elderly woman who was trying to buy Grandpa. Perhaps I should seek my next mate at a garage sale? Who would think of that? :)

Perhaps most important, this book is educational, teaching strong morals to children ... and we adults could learn something from young Lizzie too.

GRANDPA FOR SALE will definitely become a classic, beloved by young and old alike.

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Writers' League of Texas Teddy Children's Book Award 2007 winner, short works

2008 Storytelling World Resource Award winner

As her Grandpa naps on the sofa, Lizzie minds the family antique store. When the extravagantly rich Mrs. Bradley Larchmont III enters the shop and begins a buying spree, she refuses to leave without bargaining for an unexpected item . . . Lizzie?s Grandpa! As the stakes rise, Lizzie imagines all of the fabulous things she could buy with the money she is offered. But what fun would a sailboat, an ice cream parlor, or an amusement park be without Grandpa? Readers will enjoy the clever play between gray tones and vivid color that illustrates Lizzie?s growing conflict. This farcical storyline, coupled with vibrant paintings, ultimately stresses the importance of family and friendship over material possessions and selfish, money-driven desires.

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