Opa and Oma Together

Welcome! Meet Opa and Oma, grandparents who have grown in life together on their farm. After fifty years, they still tend to their farm, teaching their grandchildren to care for the land and its creatures. This humble and peaceful story passes on valued lessons of humankind, drawing on the rural upbringing of the author, Patrick "Packy" Mader, and his four brothers and two sisters. Opa and Oma's sixteen grandchildren now reap the benefits of the same lessons. Illustrator Andrew Holmquist captures the beauty of the rolling farmscape and the teeming life of a farm as it undergoes a transition. The story and illustrations encapsulate not only one family's change, as children move away from the farm, but that of a nation as well, as rural life gives way to urban society. Families with connections to farm life, Americans of German heritage, and those who treasure family bonds will especially appreciate Opa and Oma Together. The appealing simplicity of the story and illustrations create a heartwarming glimpse of farm and family life.