Lynne Bertrand

This is a charming book. The story line is simple, and engaging. The illustrations are humorous, colorful and a perfect accompaniment to this simple tall tale or folk tale. Residents of New Hampshire, as well as Maine and Vermont would be particularly interested in this book.

This picture book would be a nice addition to a unit on New Hampshire folklore. It also would work well in a New England study of folk tales. It could have a place in a class studying folk tales in general. It would be interesting to investigate whether or not the five sisters in the book actually have a place in New Hampshire folklore in the Granite Mountains.… (more)

A story of five extraordinary sisters with supernatural abilities working in New Hampshire with newly discovered granite. One of the sisters was such a great stonecutter that she was able to make a real-live baby out of granite. None of them know how to care for a baby however and the story shows all the silly things they try to make him happy. A little girl from the valley comes to them and offers her help and saves the entire state from his loud crying by soothing him with things a baby needs.
The story is very silly but entertaining.… (more)