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Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
While spending Christmas at their grandparents' farm, Lily becomes convinced that her younger brother Liam is right about White Cow being lonely and helps him seek a companion for her, leaving little time for Christmas preparations or reading.
63) First snow
Author
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A timid little mouse discovers the thrill of sledding in the first snow of the winter.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
USA Today–Bestselling Author: A billionaire reclaims a family treasure-but discovers something he wants even more . . .
"I'll have the earrings now. Or are there more hoops to jump through?"
Dario Di Sione should be feeling triumphant-he's about to fulfill his grandfather's wish and retrieve the precious earrings, but all he feels is fury. The beautiful lawyer handling the sale is the woman who betrayed him six years ago . . . his wife!
When...
65) The octopus
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Grandpa helps his favorite grandpup to avoid scratching his chicken pox by telling how he once had to fight off an octopus during a terrible storm.
67) A nervous night
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Katie is nervous about a sleepover at her grandparents' house.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
MCL - Morris Award
NPM - NPMS 8th grade Fiction
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MCL - Morris Award
NPM - NPMS 8th grade Fiction
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Description
Clinically-depressed Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore, travels to Iran to meet his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor, Sohrab, who changes his life.
71) My elephant
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
What to do when Grandpa and Grandma are too busy to play? Ask the elephant, of course! he's loads of fun, even if he squashes the flower bed and breaks a few things around the house. Grandpa and Grandma will understand-- really. In an intergenerational story that is both funny and sweet, Petr Horáček illuminates the power of one boy's boundless imagination -- and how truly infectious it can be!
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
As nighttime falls over the city, two children visiting their grandparents in India find there's so much fun to be had! Whether it's listening to epic stories or observing rituals in the puja room, there are many moments that make this time together special. In this beautiful, rhyming ode to bedtime, the only thing more universal than getting ready for bed and saying goodnight is the love between children and their grandparents.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Ava Granados arrives too late to for her grandmother's deathbed blessing, then Nana appears as a ghost asking for help so Ava, with the help of her two older sisters and bumbling spiritual guide, Medardus, must befriend the mysterious boy who received the blessing the night of the storm.
75) My baba's garden
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A story about the special relationship between a child and his grandmother and the time they spend looking for worms for the garden.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes a new book featuring everyone's favorite family--the Baxters. Decades ago, John and Elizabeth Baxter lived a love story that is still playing out in the lives of their adult children and grandchildren. But few of them know the exact details of that story or the heartbreak that brought the two together. Now in high school, Ashley Baxter Blake's oldest son, Cole, must write a family history...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First English-language edition.
Language
English
Description
Stump always has a fantastic time with his grandparents, filled with flowers, puzzles, crosswords, and endless love. But one day, Stump's grandfather starts to lose his memory--and his words, which literally fall from him. Stump tries his best to keep the lost words safe, collecting them in a special box. But Grandpa seems to forget more and more everyday, and the situation comes to a head one snowy night when Stump wakes up to find Grandpa missing....
79) Beneath
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Finn is in a bad mood, so his grandfather takes him on a walk in the forest, and tells him about all the things that are beneath the surface of plants and animals--and even people.
80) The visit
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When Becca and Tyler are sent to their grandparents' secluded Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong stay, they quickly discover something is not right with the elderly couple. Faced with strange rules and increasingly frightening behavior, the children soon realize it will take all their wits to make it home alive.
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