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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.
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2022 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 4 & 5
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
Titles Worth Trying: Mystery [Grades 3-5]
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
Titles Worth Trying: Mystery [Grades 3-5]
Description
"Eleven-year-old Maizy Chen visits her estranged grandparents, who own and run a Chinese restaurant in Last Chance, Minnesota; as her visit lengthens, she makes unexpected discoveries about her family's history and herself"--
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Elsie Mae is pretty sure this'll be the best summer ever. She gets to explore the cool, quiet waters of the Okefenokee Swamp around her grandparents' house with her new dog, Huck, and she's written a letter to President Roosevelt that she's confident will save the swamp from a shipping company and make her a major hometown hero. Then, news reaches Elsie Mae of some hog bandits stealing from swamper families, and she sees another opportunity to make...
6) If I tell
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Raised by her grandparents, seventeen-year-old Jasmine, the result of a biracial one night stand, has never met her father but has a good relationship with her mother until she sees her mother's boyfriend kissing Jaz's best friend.
9) 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.
10) A plan for Pops
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In this illustrated picture book, a child helps their grandparents deal with a difficult change in abilities."--
11) 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.
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...
17) The octopus
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2005]
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.
18) 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
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.
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