Gaga Mistake Day

PreS-Gr 2–Some children adore it when a narrator is just calling it like she sees it, and this critical stance is all the more joyful when it involves gifts of candy and silliness galore. Narrated by a young girl who spends Saturdays with her grandmother, this book combines the glee of Opposite Day shenanigans with the love of a grandparent caregiver who is aware enough of parents’ expectations to take them into consideration before subverting them to the absolute delight of a beloved granddaughter. Straub, collaborating here with her mother, based this on her own grandmother. In Love’s illustrations, the grandmother has white or pale skin, while the granddaughter has brown skin; scene after scene in gouache, watercolors, and pencil illustrate intergenerational love and delight with dynamic sweeps, wry humor, and vibrant patterns.