Getting Us to Grandma's
Getting Us to Grandma's
Margo Beredjiklian
, Cheryl Johnson
, Penny Gilman
, Brad MULLER
, Jude Castillo
, Sandra Furlotte
, Marilyn Stanley
, Noelle Walsh
, Dot Mann
, Andrea Pole
, Agnes Marshall
, Mathew Webb
, Tyler Webb
, Louise Walsh
, Andy Holmes
, Ed Gilman
, Natasha Andres
, Marissa Yip-Young
, Amy Cieslak
, Sandra Lackie
, Mark Gorman
, Shannon Leclerc
, Shannon Holmes
, Tiffany Glubis
, Andre Labonte
, Joseph Chirayil
, Sarah Schwartz
, Melissa Poremba
, Barry Kazimer
, Arvia Chen
, Tanis Anne
, Ryan Woods
, Kirsten Norlock
, Laura Lalonde
, Joe Mitchell
, Brittney Warren
, Tanya Korigan
, Janet Meisner
, Lisa Bilodeau
, Paula Ritchie
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, jane luce
, Jesse Kancir
, Kym Marsh
, Piroska Blanchette
, Michelle Arsenault
, Hana Iudin
, Aimee Reid
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Kim Cappellina
, Amy Johnston
, Meghan Barton
, Stephanie Trotter
, Lynn Bechtel
, Margaret McKay
, Debbie Youngman
, Marla Schecter Howard
, BJ Underwood
, Alex Henderson
, Heather O'Connor
, Jen Bailey
, Patricia McKeown
, Ken Gilmour
, Rodney Cross
, Virginia Reddin
, Andrea Mack
, Lisa Mallia
, Christa Seeley
, kristine hibbs
, Barbara Lepp
, Joan Lindo
, Allison Dube
, Kim Driscoll
, Crystal Collins
, Kelly Pollock-Clemett
, Majoreen Decena
, Tammy Moffatt
, Monique English
, Lynn Andrews
, Debra Fisher
, Sharon Forzley
, Rhona Brinkman
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Nadia Cescato
, Chris Carvalho
, Lisa Nerpio
, Emily Johansen
, Linda Ludke
, Natasa Ilic
, Richard Scarsbrook
, Sonia Adams
, Sara Conway
, Keltey Buchko
, Dorothy Wong
, Karen Upper
, zelda dwyer
, Penny Connolly
, Sande Minke
, Christine Lion
, Roland Schigas
, Samantha Read
, Pat Johnston
, Kay Burke
, Lynn Hallson
, Hayley Chandler
, diana kirkwood
, Derek Davidson
, Brian Ettkin
, Janice Cournoyer
, Diana Richardson
, Ariel Kroon
, Joe Titone
, Marie Prins
, Sandra Perry
, Melinda E.
editor@49thShelf.com
No one knows maps like Nikki — but can she get her family to Grandma's house in time?
Nikki’s family is preparing for a long road trip from Toronto to the Bronx to attend Uncle Travis's wedding. They pack their suitcases, boxes of Jamaican black cake, and most importantly to Nikki, the big map book!
Nikki loves geography and enjoys tracing the routes to all the places her relatives live — her Grandpa in Florida, her cousins in Atlanta, DC, and Boston. She daydreams of England, where other family lives, and Jamaica and Africa, where her roots run deep.
Her attention comes back to the road trip when it’s clear that Daddy’s taken a wrong turn. “I can help!” says Nikki, who proves to be an excellent navigator. She guides them back to the Bronx Expressway, under the elevated subway tracks, onto a street of brown row houses and safely to Grandma’s.
Inspired by the childhoods of author Nadia L. Hohn and illustrator TeMika Grooms, Getting Us to Grandma’s is full of fun historic details — a world before Google Maps! — and authentic cultural moments shared by diasporic families, whose stories can be traced across continents. A fantastic representation of Black girls in STEM.
