by Angela Johnson (Author), David Soman (Illustrator)
"A small child imagines a future when he will be old with his Granddaddy and will sit beside him in a rocking chair and talk about everything...The poignant reality that time will never allow these two to coexist at the same age is softened by the fact that they do not have to be the same age in order to share happy times...The African American child and grandfather are...recognizable to anyone who has ever shared the bond of family love across generations." - School Library Journal, starred review
Author Biography
Angela Johnson was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, but raised in Windham, Ohio; the only girl in a family of five. She now lives in Northeastern Ohio in a 100-year-old house full of plants. When not writing, she travels. On one of her trips to the California desert, the inspiration for her first novel, Toning the Sweep, came about.
Number of Pages: 32
Dimensions: 0.15 x 8.86 x 10.15 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: March 01, 1993
Award: Coretta Scott King Award (1991)
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: When I Am Old with You
Interest Level: Lower Grades, K-3
Reading Level: 2.7
Point Value: 0.5
