For his 75th birthday, Peter Härtling gifts us a new book. In his story about Grandpa O'Bear and his three-year-old grandson Samuel, Peter Härtling masterfully intertwines personal experience with literary fiction in a playful and touching manner – creating a portrait of a deep relationship. Not all writers have a family, but most do. Writers don’t always write, but they usually do. When a writer finds themselves unable to write, their family, if available, can provide an escape, especially when it spans multiple generations and includes small children. In this case, it is grandson Samuel who learns the language that seems to elude the writer. Samuel discovers and invents words, delivers the most outrageous syllable leaps and boyish pranks, leaving his grandfather in awe. The overflowing imagination of little Samuel unfolds in this loving narrative.