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Author
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK), Ltd
Pub. Date
©2023.
Description
"Anna is a young Japanese-American girl whose grandparents in Japan have been sending her Kokeshi dolls made of painted wood and a bit of paint, every year since she was very young. The dolls, like people, are all different from each other. Like people, are all different from each other. Like people, the thing they have in common is that they are all beautiful. As Anna grows, her collection grows with her, and we see how these dolls bring Anna and...
142) Cranberry Christmas
Author
Publisher
Purple House Press
Pub. Date
2004, 1976.
Description
Mr. Whiskers faces a gloomy Christmas until Maggie and her grandmother help him straighten out his house and find the deed to the nearby pond.
144) A bird will soar
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Description
After a tornado, Axel, who loves birds, finds an injured eaglet, and helps to rescue it--and also helps to resolve the problems in his broken family, and draw his father back home.
146) A brighter dawn
Author
Series
Amish Memories volume 1
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Ivy Zimmerman is successfully navigating her life as a young Mennonite woman, one generation removed from her parents' Old Order Amish upbringing. But when her parents are killed in a tragic accident, Ivy's way of life is upended. As she deals with her grief, her younger sisters needs, her relationship with her boyfriend, and her Dawdi and Mammi's strict rules, Ivy finds solace in both an upcoming trip to Germany for an international Mennonite youth...
147) I feel safe
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
A young girl is frightened by a thunderstorm, but her parents and grandparents help her to feel safe until the thunder passes--even after the lights go out.
148) Finding Junie Kim
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Description
A tale based on true events follows the coming-of-age of a girl who is motivated by an act of racism at school to learn about her ancestral heritage and her grandparents' experiences as lost children during the Korean War.
149) Love's abiding joy
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Missie and Willie have set up a homestead and are starting a family. The new railroad will make it possible for Missie's father to visit. When the reunion is interrupted by tragedy, this family's faith and love are once again challenged.
150) A grand day
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2022.
Description
"This rhyming, warmhearted picture book celebrates the special bond between grandparents and their grandchildren in every kind of family."
Author
Series
Publisher
Chooseco
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
You don't know everything about your grandparents--did you know they are actually spies? When your parents go away for a long weekend and your grandparents are in charge, you and your brother and sister can go zip-lining, or maybe even to the moon? your grandparents are happy to call in a few favors, but they might need your help. A man with a scar has stolen an important briefcase. Where will you go? YOU choose what happens next.
Publisher
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
When Hannah Montana shows signs of forgetting her roots as Miley Stewart, her father Robbie Ray puts his foot down. Miley has always strived to live a relatively normal teenage life, but when late stage entrances, exclusive shopping trips that end in brawling catfights, and ditching friends and family in favor of Hannah appearances become commonplace, Robbie Ray gives her a dose of hometown reality at her grandma's in Crowley Corners, Tenn.
153) The firefly summer
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Description
"For as long as Ryanna Stuart can remember, her summers have been spent with her father and his new wife. Just the three of them, structured, planned, quiet. But this summer is different. This summer, she's received a letter from her grandparents--grandparents neither she nor her dad have spoken to since her mom's death--inviting her to stay with them at an old summer camp in the Poconos. Ryanna accepts. She wants to learn about her mom. She wants...
155) April foolishness
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Grandma, Grandpa, and the grandkids enjoy April Fools' Day on the farm. It's a spring morning on the farm. Grandma is happy the grandkids are visiting-they've picked just the right day!-and Grandpa is fixing breakfast. Suddenly his grandson reports that the cows have got loose! He thinks Big Brown Bessie just stepped on a goose! "Good gracious, " Grandpa says as he pours himself a glass of milk. When his granddaughter shouts the chickens are out,...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Christine takes their first solo trip to Mexico to spend a few weeks with their grandparents and tía. Initially, Christine struggles to connect with their relatives because they don't share a language. Seeing the places their mom grew up--the school she went to, the café where she had her first date with Christine's father--Christine becomes more and more aware of the generational differences in their family. Soon Christine settles...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Eric's Grandma Minnie and Grandpa Max keep hearing someone knock at their door, night and day, but find no one there, so Cam tries to solve the mystery using her amazing memory.
158) Ruby lost and found
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Formats
Description
"Thanks to her Ye-Ye's epic scavenger hunts, thirteen-year-old Ruby Chu knows San Francisco like the back of her hand. But after his death, she feels lost, and it seems like everyone--from her best friends to her older sister--is abandoning her. After Ruby gets in major trouble at school, her parents decide she has to spend the summer at a local senior center, with her grandmother, Nai-Nai, and Nai-Nai's friends for company. When a new boy from Ruby's...
Author
Series
Vanderbeekers volume 5
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Description
One hilarious Harlem family is on a mission to find the perfect way to celebrate their Papa's fortieth birthday while discovering more about their mysterious grandparents in this heartfelt romp and latest installment to the New York Times best-selling series, perfect for fans of the Penderwicks. It's summer on 141st Street, and the Vanderbeekers are looking forward to Papa's surprise fortieth birthday party. But then Papa must leave town to help his...
160) Rez dogs
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Twelve-year-old Malian lives with her grandparents on a Wabanaki reservation during the COVID-19 pandemic"--
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