Now One Foot, Now the Other

by Tomie dePaola

Book Overview

Families will treasure this story of intergenerational love and understanding as they watch young and old face challenges and learn together. Readers of all ages will love to watch Grandpa Bob teach... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399207740
• ISBN13: 9780399207747
• Release Date: March 1981
• Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.8" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

This story was so moving...

It had me in tears. You can imagine my 7-year old was quite amazed at the sight... The author manages to put so much feeling into very simple sentences. It makes it very easy for young (and old) to understand how important each family member is to the whole family, especially when there are special needs.

A wonderful book for helping your young child

Such a wonderful book! It comes at a time for our family when Grandma's health is declining. For our daughter who is nearly three, Grandma seems a bit scary, since she doesn't look and act quite like herself. When we visit Grandma, she tends to moan a bit, which is very frightening to our toddler. This beautiful story is about a boy named Bobby and his Grandfather, Bob, who lives with Bobby and his parents. They have a lovely relationship; they spend lots of time together, building with blocks and sharing stories. Bobby especially likes for Bob to tell him the story about how Bobby learned to walk... ''Now one foot, now the other.'' When Bobby is 5 years old, Bob has a stroke, and the little boy is frightened by the changes in his grandfather. Once Bob finally gets home from the hospital, he doesn't seem to recognize Bobby. The first sound Bob tries to make ''sounds like a monster'' to Bobby, but Bobby learns to understand Bob and, through love and persistence, is instrumental in Bob's recovery. I'm sure that this book will help my daughter to understand why Grandma isn't quite herself. Hopefully, our visits to see Grandma will be less stressful for her (and for me). After reading this story to my toddler at least dozen times (we received this book in the mail just three days ago), I can finally keep from tearing up until the very last page. I highly recommend this lovely book!

Excellent Book to Explain about Illness to Children

We borrowed this book from the library, so I didn't know what to expect, but towards the middle, I figured out what was going to happen, and got all choked up. My daughter kept turning over to me, since I had to whisper, so I wouldn't cry (my dad had recently gone through 4 months of illness which almost took his life). It definitely explains "stroke" well in simple words, deals with the emotions of the family, and discusses how to care for an ill person. It does have a positive ending, so keep that in mind, in case you're dealing with a possible death. It's very well written, tugs at the heart strings, and the important parts really come through.

Bobby Best friend

I think this book is good because Bobby talk about his feeling.When Bob was sick .Bob and Bobby is best firend becase Bob and Bobby went to the Amusement park they eat hot dog and ice ccrien and look at the fire work together. That's why I think it is a good book.

Beatriz and Constantin's review

This book was a revelation for me. It remained me about my grandfather and made me cry. I was very touched and asked Constantin, my 7 year old son, to read it. His own grandfather is very fragile, and he inmediately understood what the book was about: how even a little child can help his grandfather, who is ill after a stroke, and somehow be thankful for all of the things grandpa did to help him while he was growing up. The best part is when grandpa gets well again and they share their memories. We first read this book in Spanish, and liked it so much that want to order it in English. We are learning to love Tomie de Paola books.