- Juvenile fiction, Grandfathers, Entertainers, Fiction
Summary, Grandpa demonstrates for his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances, and jokes he performed when he was a vaudeville entertainer.
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Warm, intimate, classical in form and earnest.
- warmbleak
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Karen Ackerman
- First published
- 1988
- Pages
- 30
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Distributed by Random House, Scholastic Books
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780079096661
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“Grandpa was a song and dance man who once danced on the vaudeville stage.”
Karen Ackerman (born October 10, 1951, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American author of children's books. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Ackerman
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