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by Kat Bourek (Illustrator), Beth Bacon (Author)
The Grandmother Effect, with colorful, inclusive illustrations, is a great gift for Grandparent's Day or any day! This heartwarming and beautiful book celebrates the bond between grandmothers and grandkids.
When grandmothers and grandchildren get together, they share cozy moments and daring events, important milestones and ordinary afternoons. Not only is time spent with gram special--it's also pretty rare! Humans are among a small group of animals that enjoy grandmas and multigenerational family life.
In fact, scientists who study human evolution have determined that, thanks to grandmothers, our human species was able to develop large brains, form social groups, and live long lives. The Grandmother Effect, written by Beth Bacon and illustrated by Kat Bourek, is a tribute to today's grandmas as well as those ancient grandmothers who allowed us to develop advanced human traits.
Author Biography
Kat Bourek is an illustrator, arts educator, and avid urban-sketcher/knitter/cat lover/museum-enthusiast living in St. Louis, MO. She especially enjoys illustrating nonfiction materials that support inclusivity and the history of people, animals, and the environment. You can find more of her work at www.katbourek.com or follow her on Instagram @katbourek. Beth Bacon is an author for young readers. Her books, I Hate Reading and The Book No One Wants To Read bring humor to the experiences of struggling readers. Her books Covid-19 Helpers and Helping The World Get Well: Covid Vaccines offer children a clear understanding of the global pandemic. Beth volunteers for Open Hearts Big Dreams, an organization dedicated to improving literacy in Ethiopia as well as LOGIC.baby, and organization that supports families with infants being cared for in Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Beth has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College
Beth Bacon is an author for young readers. Her books I Hate Reading and The Book No One Wants To Read bring humor to the experiences of struggling readers. Her books Covid-19 Helpers and Helping The World Get Well: Covid Vaccines offer children a clear understanding of the global pandemic. Beth volunteers for Open Hearts Big Dreams, an organization dedicated to improving literacy in Ethiopia as well as LOGIC.baby, an organization that supports families with infants being cared for in Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Illustrator Anne Belov lives on an island in the Puget Sound, surrounded by tall trees and the occasional grove of bamboo. Her love of pandas came early in life, via stuffed pandas and books about them. When Mei Lun and Mei Huan were born, she danced around the kitchen in excitement while screaming into the phone to another lover of pandas who was also watching the birth on the Panda Cams. Anne has traveled to see pandas in five countries, including China, where she saw more pandas than she could count.
