Things to Know as You Grow

About the Book

Things to Know as You Grow: A Collection of Grandma’s Poems by Yvonne Jones Grant is a security blanket and a reader’s keepsake. In selections for the “read to me” stage, prereading skills are enhanced as listeners read pictures and comprehend expressive language and tone. The wonder, curiosities, and anxieties of children are captured (“I Wonder,” “I’ll Be There”) even up to youth being launched into the secondary years and beyond (“I Am Different,” “I Know a Man,” “Speak It! Believe It! Receive It!”). School subjects are brilliantly highlighted (“Read to Succeed,” “Math Magicians Become Mathematicians”). As selections of potential situations are read, one might exclaim, “Wow! That happened to me. Now I know what to do if it happens again.” This composite of poems equip the young and old with ways to improve themselves and, consequently, the world (“Special Messages from Grandma”).

About the Author

Yvonne Idella Jones Grant taught second grade for thirty years as a public school teacher. Mrs. Grant also served for a period of time as drama coach at Richmond Hill Elementary School in the Bryan County Community Education Program. She has been married for more than 40 years to Otis Grant, Jr. and together, they raised, three athletic and energetic sons: Otis Grant III, Geordan R. Grant, and Marq J. Grant. Through the years, she performed in numerous Christian plays written and directed by George F. Jones, her father and some of which were written and directed by her sister, Constance J. Newsome. Mrs. Grant receives great pleasure in worshipping God, singing gospel songs, writing poetry, and sharing precious moments with her grandchildren. The author also enjoys spending quality time with family and friends. This first book she has authored, includes poems addressed to each grandchild by name. She has great interest in the growth and development of children. There is a desire to instill lasting moral values in children and in everyone who will experience the inspired writings of “Things to Know as You Grow: A Collection of Grandma’s Poems”.