A Long Way From Chicago

Peck, Richard. (2000). A Long Way from Chicago. New York: Puffin.
Every summer Joey, and his sister Mary Alice come from the big city of Chicago to visit their grandma's country home in the outskirts of Illinois.  Grandma beats to her own drum which bugs the kids at first but they come to love the visits.  They have many adventures with Grandma that will never be forgotten.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book.  I fell in love with Grandma right off.  Nothing against my one, but I would have loved to have the adventures with my Grandma that Mary Alice and Joey had!