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"When her grandmother comes off the airplane in Houston from Pakistan, Mahnoor knows that having Dadi move in is going to disrupt everything about her life. She doesn't have time to be Dadi's unofficial babysitter: her journalism teacher has announced that their big assignment will be to film a documentary, which feels more like storytelling than what Maha would call 'journalism.' As Dadi starts to settle into life in Houston and Maha scrambles for...
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"When her grandmother gifts her a jasmine flower, Deepa Josyula wishes for her dream boyfriend, which sets in motion a chain of events that makes her question what her heart truly wants-- the perfect boy brought by magic or the uncertainty of the boy next door"--
7) Old to Joy
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Publisher
Gnome Road Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Joy visits her Grandmama, who lives in an old house with all kinds of old things. As the day passes, Grandmama patiently helps Joy discover how old things and old ways can bring joy to any heart.
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Second Story Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Tessa loves how her grandmother always smells of campfire stories. Mom says it's because Kohkom spends her days sewing beautiful beads onto smoked hides. Inspired, Tessa asks Kohkom to teach her beading, but first she must listen and learn about the many stories held in a bead.
11) Gaga mistake day
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Publisher
Rocky Pond Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"Gaga days are the best! That’s when this eccentric, mischievous grandma babysits her delighted granddaughter. These Gaga days are always full of the silliest “mistakes,” like swapping eyeglasses and walking backwards to the park. Like making the house safe by eating all the marshmallow goblins, filling the tub to bursting with bubbles, and then reading a bedtime story all the way through upside down."--
12) Ferris
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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During the summer before fifth grade, Ferris Wilkey has her hands full with her little sister terrorizing the town, her Aunt Shirley moving into their basement and her grandmother seeing a ghost--one who has wild, impractical and illuminating plans.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Winnie Nash, who has been keeping her sexual orientation a secret, spends the summer with her grandma in New Jersey as she struggles with her family's expectations while yearning to embrace her true self and attend the Pride Parade in New York City.
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Publisher
Bala Kids, an imprint of Shambhala Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Young Sonoko travels on a train to take a precious melon to her Obachama (grandmother), but when she forgets the melon on the train she and Obachama look for it and spend the day cooking, making tea, and sharing stories.
15) I hop: Yo salto
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Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Now a bouncing bilingual board book, a boy runs errands on a pogo stick for his grandma in this Theodor Geisel Honor Book.
17) Salto
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Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
A boy hops on a pogo stick and runs errands for his grandmother. "Salto is a companion to Joe Cepeda's other ¡Me gusta leer! books, including Arriba, Veo, and Cavo, featuring the same curious, excited brothers exploring the world around them and celebrating the diversity of everyday life."--
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Series
Hubble bubble (Picture books) volume 2
Publisher
Nosy Crow
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Corderoy's witty rhyming text details Granny's helpful, but atypical, way of coming to her granddaughter's rescue. From improving a ballet class to cleaning up after a pet bunny, she tends to use magic to create more problems than she solves. When it's time to plan the narrator's birthday party, the youngster pleads with her grandmother to bake a cake, sew a dress, and celebrate the day 'spell-free.'"--Publisher.
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Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"When her beloved lăolao can't attend the Spring Lantern Festival, Lili is taken on a Chinese mythology-inspired adventure as she drifts off to sleep, where she finally gets to see the one person she wants to see most"--
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Publisher
Minerva, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"This moving tale introduces the youngest picture book audience to a girl who misses her grandmother-whom she calls Tata or Tatita, as is traditional in many Spanish-speaking cultures-and yearns to spend time with her. But Tatita is not here any more. The spare, striking illustrations make it ambiguous whether the girl misses her tata because she lives in a faraway place, is ill, or has passed on. Yet this gorgeous, deceptively simple book's ending...
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