Just You and Me

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Summary: Designed for sharing between old and young family members
Review: "Giggles and stories, Oodles to see, Grammy time, Grammy time - Just YOU and me," goes the repeated refrain between scattered rhymes about seeing animals at the zoo, playing on the swings, blowing bubbles, and reading lap-time stories. The common thread? Each scenario is a simple moment often shared by grandparent and grandchild. This self-published book is one in a series of "Grammy Time Books" designed for sharing between old and young family members; or, rather, for one specific "Grammy" -- i.e. author P.Taylor Copeland - to read to her own grandchildren. It's a sweet, well-intentioned idea, but the author has personalized the text too much for non-"Grammys" to be much interested. After all, there are lots of grandmas, grannies, nanas, babas, and, of course, grandpas and papas, in this world, but few "grammys," and even fewer with a collie named Rover. Even with its murky cover printing, the execution is considerably more professional than most homespun efforts, thanks to imaginative type layouts and the boldly colorful work of painter Suzi Bliss Kyle. But in the long run the concept is limited, leaving the series, and this book in particular, with a difficult intrinsic problem to overcome if it's to reach an audience outside a circle of friends and family.