Just So Stories

Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing

Imprint: Little Hare

February 2026

ISBN:9781761214486

Price:AU$24.99, NZ$27.99

Publisher:Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing

Mother’s Day is a special time for all the grannies as well and in an Italian family, Nonna is a particularly important and much-loved figure. Any of us who have spent time with Italians know this. It’s a culture and language that I adore and the very fact of the importance of family speaks volumes to me.

Sisters Adelle and Claudia Frittitta have once again collaborated on a lovely follow-up to their earlier title My Nonno Loves. The inclusion of Italian vocabulary and the references to foods and features so iconically Italian e.g. biscotti, panettone and backyard lemon trees and grapevines will create an atmosphere of inclusion even for readers who have not experienced the warmth of the Italian family embrace.

A nonna who sews and cooks, who dances and gardens, who talks gossip over the phone to Italy, who shares with neighbours and who makes her grandchild feel entirely special and loved. There’s not a single thing not to love about this beautiful book.

Your readers will love it too and what an opportunity to explore the cultural aspects of other grandparents from different ethnicities. Watch the conversations simply tumble out! A buonissimo 5 🍝🍅🍕🍋👵rating for Prep-to year 3/4 children.