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"When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires--literally"--
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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.
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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...
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Series
Yasmin volume 0
Language
English
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It's spring! Yasmin and her baba are excited to plant their garden, and Yasmin chooses a flower seedling. She gives it plenty of sun, water, and good soil . . . so why is it wilting? Watching Nani sit in the sun gives Yasmin a bright idea and she knows just what her little plant needs.-- from Amazon.
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...
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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.
11) 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
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Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Three, Four Tell Me More: Things That Go/Going Places
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"A picture book about a girl who spends the summer with her family at a lake and learns to become more self-reliant."--
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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.
14) A bird will soar
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Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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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.
15) 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.
16) A grand day
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Celebrates the special bond between grandparents and their grandchildren."--
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.
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