There aren't many stories about grandfathers and these two deserve a special mention. Check out my all time favorite, Grandpa Green by Lane Smith from a few years ago, too.
The Lost Picnic by b.b. Cronin is a very unusual and intensely colorful story of going on a picnic with grandad. Instead of following the classic rhyme of putting something into the basket, something falls out of the basket on each double page spread. At the end of the story, everyone realizes the basket is empty and they have to go back and search for the picnic food. Now the reader must retrace page by page to help the family find everything. See if you can find all the food falling out at each turn and stop.
My Grandfather's Chair by Jiyeon Pak
Grandpa needs a new chair and so the search begins for that one special chair, but after trying many, many chairs none feel right. Eventually he gets a brand new custom made chair fitting only him but he worries about bad things happening to the chair, so he puts it away for safe keeping. Grandpa goes for a walk, a rest and a bit of reading when he realizes he has just found the perfect seat - a tree stump.
These two books are great reads for preschool up to second grade readers.
