![]() I'm not surprised by this because it was a book that I would want to read again and again as well as look at the pictures. The book was a finalist for the Aim New Zealand Children's Picture Book of the Year Award 1990 and won the 1999 Gaelyn Gordon Award for proving to be a favorite amonst children. Eventually, Grandpa tries on his new slippers and is glad to wear them, only to be told by Grandma that he needs a new cardigan. Over this week, Grandma repeatedly tries to convince Grandpa to wear the new slippers that she purchased for him by attempting to give his old slippers away and trying to hide them amongst other things. The story is of a grandfather who's slippers are falling to bits and over the course of a week, the stitching comes undone until eventually they fall to bits in Grandpa's hands. ![]() ![]() Grandpa's Slippers is the first book of the Grandpa's series and was first published in 1989. ![]() I'm not sure how well known her publications are overseas, if at all, but many of her books have been published by Scholastic Corporation which operates worldwide. The books are by Joy Watson, a New Zealand author. Two great examples of such pop culture would be two books that have been a big part of New Zealand childhoods - Grandpa's Slippers and Grandpa's Cardigan. Recently, I decided to start a big project and that was to compile collections of New Zealand pop culture and archive them for historical purposes. ![]()
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