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Author
Language
English
Description
When her blind dog slips his collar, twelve-year old Lily meets Salma Santiago, a young Hispanic girl whose migrant family are in Maine for the blueberry-picking season, and, based partly on their mutual love of dogs, the two forge a friendship while painting bee boxes for Lily's grandfather--but as the Blueberry Queen pageant approaches Lily and Selma are confronted with some of the hard truths of prejudice and migrant life.
Author
Series
Vanderbeekers volume 5
Language
English
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...
5) The big five
Author
Publisher
Clavis Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Danny spends a week with his Grandpa, who tells Danny about one animal from his homeland each day that he is there.
Author
Series
Young Amelia Bedelia (Picture books) volume 3
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
While visiting her grandparents, literal-minded Amelia Bedelia finally learns, despite some mishaps, how to bake an apple pie.
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
All aboard! Peppa Pig and her brother, George, are ready to chug, chug, chug all through the town on Grandpa Pig's little train. Peppa Pig and George are visiting Granny and Grandpa Pig, and Grandpa Pig has a surprise for them. Toot, toot! Chug, chug! Grandpa drives a little train out of the garage, and Peppa and George hop on board. Who will they meet as they ride the train all around town? And when Miss Rabbit's bus gets stuck in the mud, who might...
14) This old van
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Vidal's soft pastel palette and comically inventive, Peter Max-inspired illustrations -- from the grinning, wide-eyed bulldozers to the hard-hat-wearing mountain goats -- are reminiscent of the Saturday-morning-cartoons of the 1960s... This intergenerational romp filled with sight gags and puns will keep readers humming as they pore over each detail-packed page." -- Kirkus Reviews
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"A picture book about a girl who spends the summer with her family at a lake and learns to become more self-reliant."--
17) Seoul food
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When Hana's grandparents visit, Hana decides to cook a meal that represents both her Korean and Southern heritages.
Author
Publisher
Kar-Ben Pub
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Preschoolers invite their grandparents to a Hanukkah party and celebrate by lighting the menorah, playing dreidel, making sufganiyot, and telling the story of the Maccabees. Includes facts about Hanukkah and a recipe for sufganiyot.
19) I feel safe
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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.
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