Joy Watson

Joy Watson

Grandpa's Shorts & Grandpa's Slippers

Illustrated by Wendy Hodder

 Scholastic New Zealand 2001

 Scholastic New Zealand 2003

Two stories that the children can easily relate to - how Grandpa's will not throw anything out!  But it turns out that Grandpa's shorts are rather trendy and his teenage grandchildren think he's really cool when he wears them to the beach.  In the story Grandpa's slippers, Grandma decides that Grandpa needs new slippers - his slippers are old and tatty, but he refuses to get rid of them.  Grandma tries to throw them away, but Grandpa finds them every time - even in the compost heap. Grandma has purchased him some new slippers, but until the old ones literally fall apart he will not even try them on!

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