by Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Tiffany Everett (Illustrator)
DETAILS:
Publisher: SOURCEBOOKS Kids
Publication Date: September 9, 2025
Format: eARC
Length: 40 pg.
Read Date: September 1, 2025
What’s My Grandma and Grandpa Rock! About?
This is a very sweet tribute to grandparents—not just your traditional older adult being kind and making cookies, or whatever. But grandparents who have a passion, who share it with their grandchildren—whether it’s being a musician—professional or otherwise—or any other number of professions. (although the book does understandably lean toward musicians)
The one thing this book stresses most of all is the thing that unites every grandparent—their love and affection for their grandchildren—which is what really rocks.*
* Yeah, that’s a cheesy and corny line. But a book this pleasantly sappy brings it out in a guy.
Let’s Talk about the Art for a Minute
I don’t know if I can defend this, but when I saw this cover on NetGalley’s page, the grandparents in the middle of the image made me think of Love Händel (or at least Bobbi Fabulous), and that was more than enough for me.
I don’t really see that now—unless I squint—but that doesn’t matter. What I do see is just cute. You can see some samples at Everett’s website. The characters of all ages/races/professions are warm and inviting. There’s a good energy captured in the pages, and everyone seems happy and loving. A great way to depict the relationships between grandparents and grandchildren.
And, I tell you what, my 7-month-old grandcritter was captivated by the illustrations. He didn’t seem to care about the text (shockingly) or even what I sounded like—but those pictures?
How is it to Read Aloud?
I didn’t really get into a rhythm when I read it to myself or the grandcritter. But I think that maybe if I read it a few more times, I’d stumble into it—I can’t imagine these writers didn’t write with one in mind. I just didn’t find it.
What I did find was a very pleasant read, it worked really well to read aloud.
So, what did I think about My Grandma and Grandpa Rock!?
You may not believe me, but I honestly didn’t realize who wrote this when I requested the title. I liked the title and the cover. I did feel a little silly when I saw “Pat Benetar” on the title page—”hey, that’s just like that…d’oh!” This isn’t a case of me chasing a celebrity author.
Really, I’m just a sucker for books about Grandparents lately (for some, strange, unknown reason), so the title and cover got me.
It’s cute, it’s sweet, it’s heartwarming, it’s fun, it speaks for every Grandpappy, Grandmammy, grand-père, avó, vavnI’, Kristasof, or whatever you call a Life-Giver Unit, Previous Iteration in your house.
Parents should pick this up to give to kids so they can read it and melt the heart of grandparents. Fellow grandparents should pick this up to give to their favorite people to help them learn what the most important job of a grandparent is.
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from Sourcebooks Jabberwocky via NetGalley—thanks to both for this. Sorry that it’s up late.
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