A charming beautifully illustrated book by beloved author Susan Meissner, for children aged 4-8 about visiting their Mimi (grandma) during the Christmas season. There are many different journeys and many different types of Mimis, but all end with warm family time with a cherished grandmother. Will make for a wonderful gift that heightens kids' anticipation of the holidays.

Yep. I don't care if it is a children's book, if Susan Meissner wrote it ... I want to read it!

Wording rhymes very nicely; this book would be very easy to read to children.

Each page shows a different family visiting Mimi/Grandma/Grammy for the holidays with a wide variety of traditions to appreciate. Beautifully illustrated.

Thank you to NetGalley and Tommy Nelson publishing for the opportunity to read the advance read copy of To Mimi's House We Go in exchange for an honest review. Approx 30 pages. Publication date is Sept 10, 2024.

I love Susan Meissner, but I just didn't get this book. I am Mimi to my four year old granddaughter, and I really wanted to love this book. The phrase "When to Mimi's house we go" didn't sound right. Maybe it should be 'OFF to Mimi's house we go". It took reading other reviews to understand the book.

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Darling Christmas book!! The illustration’s are bright and immersive. Will definitely be buying the hard copy of this one!!

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the arc!

This is one of the most beautifully illusrated children’s books ever.
Each scene details a festive scene in different climates/situations/settings and families and they all look adorable, relatable or fun.
This book is about grannies, and the prose is lovely too.
The repetition of the phrase “when to mimi’s house we go” is not necessary in my opinion. Perhaps it could be rephrased each time?
Overall, this is the cutest book ever.

This is such a lovely Christmas book. I love that the point of the book is to be inclusive of all types of “Grandma’s house” children might experience. The illustrations are beautiful and engaging. The rhymes actually have proper rhythm and it just offers the coziest Christmas read.

To Mimi’s. House We Go by Susan Meissner is a wonderfully sweet children’s book. The story is something children will love hearing again and again.

I love how this book includes many different types of families in various living arrangements (some with other family members, some in tropical locations, others in very cold areas, etc). This would be a great book to read as a tradition before visiting mimi/grandma for the holidays each year. The illustrations are beautiful and the story is cute with nice flowing rhymes. Thank you for the opportunity to share this with my kids.

This is a Christmas eve poetry cum picture book. But, in addition it is a family book, I say. It is not just about travelling in holidays from varied available transport sources to the Grandparents' house (here's Mimi), but more importantly to travel back to your roots.

However, I do not relate to this curiosity of travelling to Granny's house much, as we, in India, live as a joint family with our grandparents and do not leave them for other places but, as there are different cultures in different countries, so this must be okay. But yes, I remember when in Summer Holidays I used to visit my maternal grandmother's house, mostly every year. Though, the part that amazes most here is a family gathering. It says a lot about bonding and lots of fun with complete family (uncles, aunts & cousins), specially in festive times.
Here, it was shown for how a child got excited about visiting their Grandparents and got intrigued by each single activity they gonna do there. They remember what they did on pattern and what they will do when they reach to their roots.
There is bit of lacking when it comes to create rhyming. Also, it was only from Child's perspective and should have included what they get back from their granny (Mimi) as in behavior on their sending time with her in terms of values and not just fun.

Overall, this is quite a good story book (also a bedtime one) that make children keep memories of their visits to their Grandparents' house. Illustrations by Mette Engell were also appreciating.

My Goodreads review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6617571550

This book has it all! The last page had my eyes welling up.

The Mimi’s House We Go represents all different kinds of grandmas, no matter what we call them or where they live or who they live with.

A super cute story that any child would see themselves reflected in.

Would definitely pick this up for myself or friends.

This was a cute book about grandchildren visiting their grandmas at Christmas. It features many families and many Christmas activities. The illustrations were nice, but it lacks a bit of diversity in my humble opinion. And the rhymes could be better.

Adorable book! The drawings and ideas were absolutely perfect, but some of the writing was a little clunky.
I'll start with what worked. I loved how each page spread focused on a different family's way of celebrating Christmas with their grandmother. It really shows kids that there are different ways to celebrate a popular holiday, and it helps kids see how life might be different for every family. Adding onto this, the entire book was consistently very diverse, which was something I really liked. At the end, I admired how the author made a point to recognize that there are many things you can call your grandma, and the author noted that that was all good. Lastly, all of the drawings were wildly colorful and detailed. Something notable was the way the illustrator made fireplaces/candles so beautiful and luminous. I have never seen fire be executed so beautifully in a drawing before.
Now for my one critique about the writing. I think that the "when to Mimi's house we go" and the end of every page felt so clunky it almost felt like it wasn't supposed to be there. It didn't rhyme, and the sentence itself is a run-on and it doesn't even make complete grammatical sense on its own. I would either scrap that at the end of every page and only have it at the beginning and end of the book, or change the wording and rhyming so that it fits in a bit better.

There's just something extra special about the time spent with grandmothers and grandmother-like figures for our Littles! This sweet ode to memories made with all different types of Mimis (this book's choice word for grandmothers everywhere) will draw up warm nostalgia for parents and kids alike, and will usher in great conversation about their favorite traditions, memories, and spaces with the Mimis in their lives! Over the river and to the woods, to all the Mimis' houses we go with this fun read!

Whatever name you use for your grandmother and wherever she lives that you can go for a visit, the journey is half the fun. With rhyming verse and exquisite illustrations in vivid colors by Mette Engell we take a journey from Bayou to mountains and from small boats to Brownstones to get to a celebration and time to say goodnight.
Well suited for reading WITH someone of any age including ESL, and great for gifting to anyone, but especially to a school or your local public library. Loved it!
I requested and received a free temporary ebook copy on Adobe Digital Editions from Tommy Nelson, via NetGalley. Thank you!
Available Sept 10, 2024

I loved this sweet story about traveling to Mimi's House for Christmas! I love that there are so many different families and all of the different styles of Mimi's homes. Tropical, snow-covered farm, beautiful mountain home, brownstone in a busy city, a houseboat and even in the backyard above the garage! This book celebrates the joy of going to grandma's house and traveling in several different types of ways to get there! Such a cute story that kids will love!

Thank you so much to Tommy Nelson and Netgalley for the ebook to read and review.

An ode to Christmas time with your Mimi, what an absolutely beautiful story, it was written in such a sweet way, written in an almost sing song style and the use of repetitiveness wording. It makes it an utterly perfect to read with your children, they’ll pick up on it and join in very quickly.

I loved the illustrations, seeing the diversity and variety of different Mimi’s, of families, of their traditions, cultures and lifestyles that are shown within this story. I loved that last illustration the best with all the Mimi’s together on one page, it was so precious.

This is such a sweet Christmas story, not like ones you’d usually find, but it was so beautiful and lovely. It’s interactive due to its repetitive wording, it’s a beautifully written story and children and families will enjoy this one around the holidays, especially if they spend important time with their Mimi.

It was a cute little story about traveling to grandparents homes for Christmas. It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize each page was a different family. I think if she used the different names instead of Mimi's for each grandparent it would have been more apparent. It's cute though.

To Mimi's House We Go, written by Susan Meissner, is such a sweet holiday story! This book features different families as they prepare for and go to their Mimi's Houses. I loved how inclusive this book was of different family setups, and also that this book was written by a Mimi. The rhyming and beautiful illustrations are sure to be enjoyed by children and families alike! I can definitely picture this being a book that is brought out each year and read the day before going to holiday celebrations.

Thank you to NetGalley, and to the author, publisher, and illustrator of this book for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

First, I love a rhyming book, so this book gets automatic points for that. This book explores on every page a new way to travel and new type of home that your "Mimi" could be at and how you will celebrate Christmas there. It is very dear.

Very cute and gave my two girls (2 and 5 years old) a different outlook on how others may celebrate Christmas and how that looks different for everyone. I will say the format on Kindle was not the greatest (the words were jumbled around) but I would have picked this up at a book store for sure. This book stood out because one of their grandmothers goes by "MiMi". My girls noticed all of the details in the pictures and seemed to really enjoy. We will be picking this up again towards Christmas.

Thank you to HarperCollins and NetGalley for the ARC.