Saturdays and Teacakes

A lyrical picture book memoir of one boy and his beloved Mammaw, his grandmother, from award-winning author Lester L. Laminack with brilliant watercolor illustrations by Chris Soentpiet.

Lester Laminack grew up in a small town in Alabama in the 1960s where he recalls his bike trip every Saturday to visit his beloved Mammaw, his grandmother.

As the story opens, we see the boy bicycling through his small town en route to Mammaw’s house. Love is on display here in the exquisite illustrations of award-winning artist Chris Soentpiet and in the scenes of the boy and his grandmother as they visit, work together in the garden, lunch on tomato sandwiches, and finally make teacakes. Mammaw lets him can eat all he wants of the beautiful, hot cookies.