Nostalgia. A young girl reminisces on the silly tales her grandfather told. As a young boy, her grandfather and his brothers would work in the coal minds during very frigid weather. To cheer them up, her grandfather told them that it gets so hot that peaches grow out of the coal! Her grandfather goes on to help build the Brooklyn bridge and build a family of his own. Although they were physically poor, they were rich with the stories that their grandfather told them. The illustrations add to the feeling of nostalgia and leave you reminiscing about your family life. ( )

This story recounts the silly tales that the author’s grandfather told as he aged from a young man. It describes the Italian immigrant’s life working in the coal mines, building the Brooklyn Bridge, marrying another Italian immigrant and having five children of his own, working to clean buildings, and supporting his money poor family through rich storytelling. ( )