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When I was little, I’d have a thousand dreams just listening to my grandma speak. Today, it is I who will be telling the story.

Clarice Alphen wrote “Grandmother and I” in one afternoon, imagining herself spending the day with her grandmother Claudia as if they were both children. A sweet, simple, yet heartfelt love letter written by a granddaughter to her grandmother. Furthermore, this is a story about women, so much so that the author gave it as a gift to her mother, a professional illustrator, who agreed to illustrate the book!
This is a poem that celebrates life and will speak to the heart of any girl who grew up near her grandmother.
It shows the moment when children become adults and adults become children again.
This is shown by the precious exchange of love and the deep connection between the child and her grandmother. This gives the reader a feeling as warm as a hug from their own grandma.
This book is a great emotional memory maker, depicting the turning point when children become adults and adults return to being children. This endearing story will bring girls, mothers, and granddaughters even closer together!

THE AUTHOR
Clarice Alphen was born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1996. In College she majored in Portuguese/English translation and English literature. She loves to read and wrote The two of us as a sweet love letter she presented her mother with.

THE ILLUSTRATOR
Cris Eich was born in 1965 in Brazil and spent her childhood near her grandmother. When she was a teen she moved to the city where she studied Fine Arts and fell in love with watercolor – and that’s the technique she used to illustrate this book.