The Marmalade Grandmother

Do you know that the most delicious marmalade is made in Portugal? That’s probably why Marmalade Grandma lives there, cooking marmalade better than anyone in the world. But there’s one trouble: as soon as Grandma sneezes, she ends up somewhere completely different. She sneezes—and she’s already on the roof of the house; she sneezes again—and she flies into the pantry; and from the pantry—onto a tree.

And Grandma is also great at driving a car with no gasoline. The moment she sneezes, the car speeds along the road by itself. In the car, along with Grandma, are her three granddaughters—Fernanda, Paula, and Ingrid.

But one day Marmalade Grandma sneezes so hard that she ends up together with her granddaughters in a big unfamiliar city—without a car, money, or a phone. That’s when their amazing adventures begin. They meet terrible robbers, spend the night in the hollow of an old oak tree, help the very queen, and even fly high in the sky—in an old windmill.

This story was told by the storyteller Valentin Postnikov, author of books about “Pencil and Selfmade,” “The Chocolate Grandfather,” and “The Cheerful C student.” And as the author himself assures, “Marmalade Grandma” is his most interesting book.