Poet Nikki Giovanni asked her friends--people such as Gloria Naylor and Gwendolyn Brooks--for their stories and recollections of their grandmothers. The result of their collaborative efforts is this wonderful collection which celebrates those special women who preserve our heritage and prepare our future. An NCSS/CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Social Studies.

Nikki Giovanni created this book by asking her friends--people like Gloria Naylor, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Maxine Hong Kingston--for their stories and recollections of their grandmothers, then to a group of writers in their ninties for their thoughts. Grand Mothers celebrates those special women in every culture who preserve heritae and prepare the future.