The best granny of all

Critical reviews

Makis Tsitas has found the magic piano where all the chords of the world are in harmony and all the false notes vanish into thin air. In other words, he knows how to “play” with children, and he has a way of managing to make them do what’s right without being upset. He makes it seem as though the fair and logical choice is theirs alone.
Anthoula Daniel, frear.gr. 05/04/22

A simple, tender story about the expression of love in the relationship between grandchild and granny. Using few words, the author portrays moments from this relationship in a spare almost photographic way. The subtle humour and a text that interacts with the illustrations to complement or enrich the meaning are both characteristic traits of this author. He describes the grandmother and her relationship with her granddaughter in exactly the way they are meant to be. A relationship with substance, where each one enters the world of the other and respects it, with physical contact, hugs, smiles on a human scale.
Apostolos Pappos. elniplex.com, 09/02/22

The humour that drives the text makes the book, like all this author’s books, something that will be read again and again with exceptional pleasure.
Any grandmothers who have the chance to read their grandchildren a book like this one by Makis Tsitas can consider themselves lucky.
Erika Athanasiou, Kifissia newspaper, December 2021

Makis Tsitas is a writer who has already established himself in the consciousness of youngsters and adults alike. He needs no introductions since his work has been widely known and loved for years...
He has acquired a following that is continually in expectation of his next book.
Outstanding.
Asimina Xiroyianni, fractalart.gr, 22/12/21

Overflowing with tenderness, love and humour. The subject is the unique relationship between grandchild and grandma, which becomes stronger through the daily events that when you’re living them appear minor but when you become an adult you realize how important they were and how they made you what you are today. This wonderful story, this magic bond that exists between the generation passing the baton to the next, is underscored by Chiara Carapellese’s superb drawings.
themamagers.gr, 21/12/21

This is a simple, easily understood story, written especially for very young children who are just beginning to grasp the basics of their language and cognitive functions.
A very good choice to read aloud.
Lefki Sarantinou, tetragwno.gr, 19/12/21

Author Makis Tsitas, or to be more precise, his pen, has magical capabilities.
Kyriaki Ganiti, dominicamat, 16/12/21

Get this book and give it to your child, grandchild, younger sibling, or godchild with a warm embrace.
Barbilena Triantafyllou, menidiatis.blogspot.com

A tender story by the prize-winning author of children’s books, Makis Tsitas, for a beloved person, the grandmother. Truly, children who have grandmothers are lucky, particularly if their grandmother devotes time to her grandkids like the heroine of this book, who spends beautiful hours over the weekends with her little granddaughter Eleni. And she, rightly, worships whatever her grandma does.
Despina Savvopoulou, Eleftheros Typos, newspaper, 01/12/21

The beloved writer has created yet another tender book, dedicated to all the grandmothers who adore their grandchildren.
Pelio Papadia, Taλκ, 30/11/21