The Truly Terribly Horrible Sweater...That Grandma Knit by Debbie Macomber and Mary Lou Carney, illustrated by Vincent Nguyen
(Suggested reading level: Ages 4-8)
Amber (9) and I read this together before bed last night. At the beginning, right before his birthday, Cameron gets a package in the mail from his Grandma Susan, who always gives him the best presents. Unfortunately, when he finally gets to open it, it's a sweater, "a truly terribly horrible sweater." Amber said it actually wasn't that bad, that it was pretty, but maybe better for a girl. Anyway, Cameron tries to ruin it, to get rid of it, but it keeps coming back. Finally, when his grandma comes to visit at Christmas, she tells him about knitting the sweater and why she picked the colors she did.
Suddenly the sweater didn't look truly, terribly horrible anymore.
It looked good. It looked like something Cameron would be proud to wear.
It was a sweet little story that we both enjoyed. I...