Coconut's Grandchild

About the Book

How could a young girl bond with her grandfather who lives in a foreign country and has never seen her? Five-year-old author Annika Singh lives in Florida. Her ninety-year-old grandfather lives in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago. He was a coconut vendor from an early age who climbed trees so that he might pick coconuts to sell for his livelihood. That’s how he received the nickname “Coconut.” Annika’s family cannot go to visit her grandfather because her baby brother is too small to fly, and the grandfather cannot come to Florida because he is too old. However, this lovely book consists of luscious color photographs and photocopies of letters that Annika has sent to her grandfather, along with his responses. Living in Florida, she tells how her family too gets coconuts from trees and uses them. Coconut’s Grandchild is a wonderful chronicle of the bonding between a girl and the grandfather she’s never met.

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