Synopses & Reviews
A portrait of a local hero All the neighborhood kids agree that Billy Boyd's grandmother is a wonder. She can build freight trains and spaceships, she knows intergalactic code, and she even plays kickball. Best of all are those hot summer evenings when Big Mama treats the whole gang to ice cream. Woody's ice-cream stand is all the way across town, and with Big Mama in the lead, the journey there and back again is always full of adventure.
In this warm, affectionate book, lush and lively illustrations are filled with amusing details of small-town life.
Review
"A sunny slice of small-town life."--
School Library Journal"Big Mama . . . brings up her orphaned grandson, Billy, and opens her heart and home to all his friends in the neighborhood . . . Full of action and lively details."--starred, Booklist
"Through both words and artwork, an affecting portrait emerges of smaill-twon life in a bygone day." --Publishers Weekly (review of hardcover edition)
Synopsis
Billy Boyd likes living with his grandmother, Big Mama, because she can make a space capsule out of junk, joins in all kinds of games, and turns a trip for ice cream into an adventure. Full-color illustrations.