Gramma’s Pearl Soup and Grampa’s Mango Smile

“Picken manages to strike a fine balance between sentimentality
and no-nonsense reality when writing about death. It’s a tremendously
difficult thing to do, especially in a book for young readers. The skill
with which this is handled reminds me of the Robert Munsch’s classic,
Love You Forever.” – Adrian Chamberlain, Times Colonist,
November 09, 2008. More

“Through the eyes of a little girl visiting her grandparents, the book’s
characters and pictures illuminate the importance of roots that nourish
imagination, allow confidence to flower and provide
stability through life’s changes.” – McNally Robinson Booksellers. More

Read about Wendy Picken and Gramma’s Pearl Soup in this article by Judee Fong in July 2009,
Senior Living Vancouver Island. More

“It’s light hearted, but the message of ‘no matter what happens I’ll always love you’ is pretty universal
— it’s what we all want.”  – Wendy Picken, The Stonewall Argus & Teulon Times. More

PHOTO COURTESY JUDEE FONG