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"When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires--literally"--
Author
Series
Rocket says volume 2
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
While visiting her grandparents, who run whale-watching tours in Jamaica, Rocket sees first-hand how plastic is harming ocean creatures, and organizes a crew to clean up the local beach.
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.
6) Grandparents
Author
Publisher
Greystone Kids
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"In this funny and heartwarming picture book, a grandfather shows his love and appreciation for a grandmother as he persuades her to attend a local dance with him. Grandfather is tending his garden when a loudspeaker announces a dance in the local park. He asks Grandmother to join him, but she has many reasons to delay their outing: she needs to put eyeliner around her eyes--which are as sad as a moonless night--and color in her hair--which is as...
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Annie is spending the night at her grandmother's house. So is her pet bunny, Snowball. Grandmother nights are full of fun things like baking cookies, braiding hair, and telling bedtime stories that always give Annie and Grandmother sweet dreams. Annie can's wait to see what surprises Grandmother has planned for tonight!"--Dust jacket.
9) 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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Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
Picture Books that Raise Awareness of the Disability Experience
Three, Four Tell Me More: Things That Go/Going Places
Picture Books that Raise Awareness of the Disability Experience
Three, Four Tell Me More: Things That Go/Going Places
Description
"A picture book about a girl who spends the summer with her family at a lake and learns to become more self-reliant."--
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.
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
After the death of their mother, thirteen-year-old Serenity Evans and her younger brother go to live with their grandparents, who try to keep them safe from bad influences and help them come to terms with what has happened to their family. Includes recipe for red velvet cake.
Author
Series
Anna Hibiscus books volume 5
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Anna Hibiscus is back from Canada, and so much has changed while she was away! Double and Trouble have learned to run, and Grandfather has gotten older, too. One of the chickens has laid eggs, and Anna hatches her very own chick--Snow White!"--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Anna Hibiscus books volume 7
Publisher
Kane Miller, A Division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Anna Hibiscus is with Grandmother and Grandfather in their village. When Anna Hibiscus goes to market one day and a boy steals a banana from her, she runs after him. It turns out that the boy is in trouble. How can Anna Hibiscus help?"--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
Windy Bottom, Georgia is usually a peaceful place. Coop helps his mom at her café and bookstore, hangs out with his grandpa, bikes around with his friends Justice and Liberty, and is determined to live up to his dad's legacy. Windy Bottom is full of all kinds of interesting people, but no one has ever caused a problem. Until now. And somehow, Gramps is taking all the blame! It seems like there are a lot of secrets that were buried in their small...
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A little girl is determined to make perfect nigiri sushi for her grandmother, but her efforts only lead to frustration, until a surprising discovery helps her understand that cooking with love is more important than cooking perfect food.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Nora loves spending summers with Lola at her sari-sari store, a treasure trove filled with everything you could need, from hair accessories to toys, creamy yema to sour tamarind candy. And this year, Nora is big enough to help her grandmother. But when a heat wave strikes and no one comes to the store, Nora worries that she won't get to spend the rest of the summer with her lola--until she gets a sweet idea. After all, the mangoes on the tree outside...
Author
Publisher
Chooseco
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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.
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