Granny Goes Gallivanting

A festive feast on an orange ground: children and a granny gather round a long table of food while winged trumpeters, a giraffe and hoopoe birds float above.
A hadeda ibis swoops over a tall pear tree at dusk while two children in pyjamas wave up at it from below, the setting sun beyond.
A red London double-decker bus stuck in traffic before Big Ben’s clock tower, with a black cab, excited children and a granny among the crowd.
An ornate golden clock face ringing out, with swirling “ding dong” and “boing” lettering and a little mouse in a blue scarf dancing below, one sock lost.
A palace tea table where Granny and two children are served strawberry cake by the Queen, who sits in a crowned throne chair, with a heron, a black cat and a mouse nearby.
A patterned flying carpet sweeps across a starry sky carrying a trumpeter, a winged crane and a giraffe, as two children tumble onto a sunflower-dotted green hill.

Granny Goes Gallivanting is my most popular book with small kids. It’s a fun poem by Martheanne Finnemore. Some naughty animal friends pursue Granny on her flight to London and back. They have tea with the queen, among other adventures.

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