Every Wrinkle Has a Story

Ages 3 to 6, Grades P to 1

Every Tuesday, Yotam’s grandfather takes him to a coffee shop after kindergarten, where Grandpa Amnon drinks coffee and Yotam likes to draw. One day, Yotam has a question: “Grandpa, what’s on your face?” Grandpa Amnon explains that the lines on his face are wrinkles, and they are something that grownups get. He tells Yotam the stories of how he got each of his wrinkles. Some reasons for Grandpa’s wrinkles are sad, like when Grandma Dina was sick. But some reasons are happy, like the wrinkle Grandpa got when Yotam was born. Yotam looks closely at the circles and lines on Grandpa’s face, thinks hard … and then expresses what he’s just learned about the beauty of aging in his own special way.Every Wrinkle Has a Story is a pro-aging story of curiosity, intergenerational storytelling and quiet contemplation through artwork.

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Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.4Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

About the Author

DAVID GROSSMAN is one of Israel's most celebrated writers, winner of countless awards and the only Israeli ever to win the Man Booker International Prize, for his novel A Horse Walks into a Bar. Several of his books have been adapted for international stage and screen productions. He is the author of seventeen books translated into forty-five languages. He lives in Jerusalem, Israel.NINAMASINA lives and designs in Milan, Italy, where she creates illustrations for paper and textiles using brushes, inks and manual printing techniques. She has received various awards for her books and illustrations, both in Italy and abroad.JESSICA COHEN is an award-winning British-Israeli-American literary translator. She has worked with many of Israel's finest writers to translate Hebrew books into English. Her translation of David Grossman's A Horse Walks into a Bar won the Man Booker International Prize, and she was a Guggenheim Fellow. She lives in Denver, Colorado.