Sentence examples:

• バスにのって、それから少し歩きます。She takes a bus, and then walks a little ways.
• さくら、一時かん待っててね。」“Sakura, wait for 1 hour.”
• 「きょう今日はとてもあついから、ちょこれーとチョコレートがとけちゃったのね。」“Today has been a hot day, so the chocolate has melted.”

In alignment with the Senior Japanese Syllabus (SJS) and the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)

• Plain form, including past tense and negative form (SJS & JLPT N5)
• て form V connect sentences (SJS & JLPT N5)
• のですto explain something; show emphasis (JLPT N5）
• Conjunctions – time order (SJS & JLPT N4)
• かな I wonder (JLPT N4)
• Vないでcommand (SJS & JLPT N5)
• て form V + しまうsomething regrettable happens (JLPT N4)
• てしまう／ちゃうsomething happens unintentionally (JLPT N4)

Cultural note from the author:

Grandparents often play a special role in a child’s life. My grandma always saved me from all sorts of trouble during my childhood. I remember thinking how “magical” my grandma was. Sakura’s grandma in this book is similar. Readers will have fun discovering how she deals with the melted chocolate that Sakura brought for her.