Grandma’s Mystery Surprise Box

The second book in the Annie series, written by Jeanne Dill Svobodny and illustrated by Anna-Maria Crum, is an especially meaningful story. Annie's grandma, in this delightful book, wants to accomplish two things. First, she wants to stay connected with her grandchildren who live in another state and second, she wants to pass along a family story from long ago to Annie and her three siblings in a way in which they will remember the story. Grandma very creatively does both things. To tell the family story, Grandma designs and fills a "Grandma's Mystery Surprise Box" with objects that are clues to this unique family story from 100 years ago. To regularly connect with her grandchildren, Grandma FaceTimes them and listens to their guesses and guides them as they discover the meaning of the clues.

Join the children as they have tons of fun working together to solve the clues from a true story that happened in the author's family. Enjoy the surprise ending! Children and adults will want to create their own mystery surprise boxes after reading the story. Check out a variety of fun ideas for using mystery surprise boxes on the last page of the book.