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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
At Isaac's first sleepover, he gets to help Grandpop with a very special routine—putting the house to bed—in a story that's just right for children visiting a new place, or for adopting a new ritual at home.
Isaac is excited about having a sleepover at Grandpop's house, but he's a little nervous about being away from home for the first time. Luckily, his knowing Grandpop tells him it's not quite time to go to bed yet—first,
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In Holt, Colorado, widower Louis Waters is initially thrown when the widowed Addie Moore suggests that they spend time together, in bed, to stave off loneliness. They are soon exchanging the confidences and memories of lives now empty of family, and their hopes for the imminent future.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the internationally bestselling A Man Called Ove, a charming, warmhearted novel about a young girl whose grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters, sending her on a journey that brings to life the world of her grandmother's fairy tales"-- Provided by publisher.
4) The bear hug
Author
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Cubby loves spending time with Grandpa Bear, especially when Grandpa gives him the Bear Hug.
Author
Series
Wedding tree volume 1
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"National bestselling author Robin Wells weaves a moving epic that stretches from modern-day Louisiana to World War II-era New Orleans and back again in this multigenerational tale of love, loss and redemption. Hope Stevens thinks Wedding Tree, Louisiana, will be the perfect place to sort out her life and all the mistakes she's made. Plus, it will give her the chance to help her free-spirited grandmother, Adelaide, sort through her things before moving...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Clara spends her summer visiting her grandma and cousin on Standing Rock reservation, where Clara and her family set up the ancestral tipi and grow closer together as they tell stories, sing songs, and learn about their Lakota roots.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
In this heartwarming story of love, family and baked goods, bakery owner Hope McKenna-Smith, the divorced mother of a surly preteen girl, is summoned by her aging grandmother who, ready to reveal the secret she has kept for 70 years, sends her on a journey across the world that will forever change her life.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In 1999 Texas, Lia Cope, when her grandmother Mineko moves in, connects with her over stories of the Turtle House in Japan and the secrets they both carry, and when Mineko is forced to live in an assisted living community, she and Lia devise a plan to bring a beloved lost place to life.
12) Snow
Author
Publisher
Templar Book, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Join a boy and his grandfather as they enjoy a snow day in the park!
13) As brave as you
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
When Genie and his older brother spend their summer in the country with their grandparents, he learns a secret about his grandfather and what it means to be brave.
14) Wild
Author
Publisher
Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When the cat they are caring for runs off into the wild, a young boy and his granddad are led on an adventure of their own as they try to find it.
15) Sunny side up
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sunny Lewin is sent to live with her grandfather for the summer in Florida, where she befriends Buzz, a boy completely obsessed with comic books, and faces the secret behind why she is in Florida in the first place.
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In this Own Voices Native American picture book story, a modern Wabanaki girl is excited to accompany her grandmother for the first time to harvest sweetgrass for basket making"-- Provided by publisher
17) My baba's garden
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A story about the special relationship between a child and his grandmother and the time they spend looking for worms for the garden.
18) Love's dwelling
Author
Series
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The first in a new Amish romance series set in Kansas, Love's Dwelling reminds us that family is more than what you are born into; it's who you choose as well"-- Provided by publisher.
Cassie Yoder loves her job as a housekeeper for elderly couple Job and Dinah Keim. Their only children, a son and daughter, left the Haven, Kansas, district and their faith more than twenty years earlier with no contact. When Child Protective Services shows up on...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
A tale based on true events follows the coming-of-age of a girl who is motivated by an act of racism at school to learn about her ancestral heritage and her grandparents' experiences as lost children during the Korean War.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
At Grandma's house, where Julia is staying without her parents for the first time, the breeze is sweet like jasmine. Mornings begin with sugared bread, and the most magnificent hot chocolate cures all homesickness. There's something about this place ... and about Grandma. Like how she can tell when Julia has been quietly picking limes from the garden. Or that she can see the future-and knows when Julia is about to fall off her bike. In the room where...