Hey Grandude by Paul McCartney

Hey Grandude Reviews

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  Michael Fitzgerald

  No one not anyone anywhere needed this book Paul didn't need the money Paul didn't need the media attention Certainly no readers will have their lives changed by this Unfortunately I will never have those 15 minutes of my life back The book starts off on the wrong foot with a dumb conceit it's written not by McCartney but by Edward Marshall Sr Perhaps Paul wanted some kind of plausible deniability to hide behind There are four grandchildren a diversity fest natch Like Paul Grandude is pretty darn white I'm not sure whether we are supposed to think that these kids are adopted or that they are each from a different child's marriage or what It's just kind of contrived and is likely a burnt offering made to the gods of we need diverse books to avoid being shamed and cancelled via Twitter Grandude has a magic compass Apparently Paul read Mary Poppins We get dumb puns about a school of flying fish I hope we don't have to do any homework that they get to ride When crabs arrive the compass takes them to the desert and we get dumb puns about Appaloosa horses Appa Lucy? When buffalo arrive the compass takes them to the Alps No dumb puns here When an avalanche happens the compass lets them ride a flying cow really another ride on a flying animal? a rerun already? Then the compass takes them home and to bed Good grief Is that it? Nothing at all about this is the least bit interesting or amusing or entertaining Every bit of it has been done better elsewhere hundreds of times before There are catchphrases See the compass needle spin let the magic fun begin 3 times and Zing bang sizzle 4 times and there are repeated bit of dialogue Hey Grandude said grandkid Can we go somewhere a little less or then Grandude fills in the blank pinchy stampy sleepy Could this be any phoned in? It's like some lackey told Paul Wow Sir Paul you're a genius Hey you know how to use words You should write a children's picture book and Paul being too old to argue went along with it The problem is he doesn't know the first thing about children's picture books and thinks that he's being clever or something Instead it's so incredibly stale The illustrations have no charm and are just generic cartoon like things What a huge step down from something creative like Yellow Submarine It uses the dreadful font play different sizes different alignments that has infected other recent books If you can possibly escape this book do so without any regrets
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  Abigail

  A Grandude and his chillers a grandfather and grandchildren embark on a series of fantastic adventures thanks to the grandfather's magical compass in this debut picture book from celebrated musician Paul McCartney Escaping from a gray and drizzly day the group of travelers find themselves on a sunny beach then in the Old West and finally on a peaceful mountain slope in the Swiss Alps Eventually they return home and the children or chillers are put to bed by their GrandudeAlthough I didn't have uite as strong a negative reaction to this one as an online friend of mine who also read it I did find Hey Grandude rather lacking and think it perfectly exemplifies the pitfalls of having celebrities famous for their work in other non children's literature related endeavors writing picture books This reads like what an adult who doesn't know much about picture books thinks a picture book should be The story idea isn't terrible I can even see some kids finding it entertaining but there's a little too much here and McCartney doesn't uite hold it all together in one tale Somehow the narrative here just felt rather disjointed like the author was trying to do too much The artwork is colorful and cute and again I can see some children enjoying it but it didn't do much for me either Mileage varies so if you're a determined Paul McCartney fan you might want to give this one a look but overall I was left feeling rather indifferent to it and don't strongly recommend it
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  Donna

  My niece's birthday present to my dad for his first year as a zayde It's cute the pictures are nice the artist is Canadian but it's not anything special I mean other than that it was WRITTEN BY PAUL EFFING MCCARTNEY
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  Una Tiers

  This was not what I expected in terms of Paul's songs It was 32 pages long Still it was kind and fun
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  Georgette

  I love my Beatles but Sir Paul did not need to write this book Cute idea but execution is just filed under ok
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  Vern

  Okay a book Like his songs Why? Why did he write this?
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  Amy

  As a huge Paul McCartney fan I couldn’t wait for this book to come out As a new grandma myself I look forward to taking my grandkids on many memory creating adventures Grandude captures the love of his grandchildren by trying desperately to change a boring gray cloudy day for them And he succeeds in a great way Excited to see what Paul might write next
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  Lexi

  You can definitely tell this was written by the cute Beatle because that's what it is ;
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  Barbara

  Although four grandchildren usually love hanging out on the weekend with their grandfather the weather leaves them feeling frustrated and bored But Grandude has a few tricks up his sleeve that might get rid of their doldrums You see he has postcards of exotic places and a magic compass that will take them to those places They head to a beach and enjoy frolicking in the waves until something happens to send them scurrying off to another postcard scene This goes on for a while with the children or Chillers as he calls them having several exciting adventures before returning home feeling exhausted While they head to bed Grandude takes a nap in his chair I'm not a fan of most books written by celebrities but this one entertained me and felt as though it were drawn from real experiences minus the magic as a cool grandfather kept his young charges busy with stories drawn from his imagination The illustrations are filled with color and action and it amused me to think of the elderly dude being able to keep up with those children After all they get tired faster than he does
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  Susan Crowe

  5 stars because hey It's Paul McCartney Written and narrated by PaulIt was cute Loved it