Grapette, The Runaway Who Rolled Away.

Grapette, The Runaway Who Rolled Away

Svetlana Konnikova, author

Anatoli Smishliaev, illustrator

Aurora Publishers

5970 S.W. 18th Street, Suite 117, Boca Baton, FL 33433

KSB Promotions (publicity)

55 Honey Creek, NE, Ada, MI 49301

9780979175800, $19.95

The award-winning team of author Svetlana Konnikova and illustrator Anatoli Smishliaev present Grapette, The Runaway Who Rolled Away, a picturebook adventure about a little grape girl who runs away from her vineyard home. Mama Grapevine is beside herself with worry, and calls upon the very forces of nature to find little Grapette; a thundercloud, a stream, a hawk, a sparrow, and a butterfly all work hard to bring Grapette home safely. Grapette learns that she shouldn't run away because, more important than seeing the world, she has learned how much her mother truly loves her and is concerned about her. A gentle, whimsically illustrated story with a strong underlying warning against running away and making parents worry.