My Granny is a Queen

Madeleine Cook & Rebecca Ashdown Oxford University Press, 2022

This book is a big, beautiful celebration of grandmothers. They may not live in grand palaces, wear gold crowns, or attend fancy balls, but for many of us, grannies are the queens of the family.

Showing 11 different families, from Nana and her 'royal pooches' to Nanny in her 'faraway castle', each page offers a funny and heartwarming description of grandmothers as queens - all told from the perspective of their adoring grandchildren.

This enchanting and heartwarming book reads like an ode to Grannies, Abeulas and Oma’s, not to mention Nanny’s, Nonna’s and Nai Nai’s. Each page introduces the matriarch of the family performing some royal duties like waving, speeches and sitting in thrones. All of the love shared in this book is between the grandmother and her grandchildren, all of various ages, cultures and traditions. Their sense of awe and understanding of their grandmother being a queen is so respectful and lovely. There is also a true sense of community as characters appear from page to page, whether peeking over the top of a fence or appearing in shop windows. A perfect gift for a grandmother, or just a wonderful story to share with readers.
— My Shelves Are Full
The perfect picture book for a bedtime story tonight on the Queens jubilee! It was so interesting for my wildlings to learn about other families and it has prompted some great home learning and conversations.
— Posie's Book Club
A warm, all-encompassing, family-centred celebration of grannies! The accompanying illustrations are full of life and humour, providing delightfully different descriptions to the words. The grannies look gorgeous, each and every one, and it’s a book that puts family and love absolutely on a throne.
— Andrea Reece, Love Reading 4 Kids