Laura Beingessner

I loved the behind the scenes look of an old neighborhood grocer.

Anna Maria spends every Saturday helping her grandparents run their Italian neighborhood grocery store. Sequential story from morning until dusk about the details of her day. Great adjectives describe each task Anna performs. Lots of white space allows focus on detailed watercolors. This is the type of book I would have loved as a kid. Author and illustrator are librarians so it's no surprise it's good!