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Lee, Sophia N.

Summary: After recently moving to the United States, a young girl reminisces about her time spent helping her Lolo run his sari-sari store in the Philippines, and uses some of his wisdom to make herself feel more at home.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEE

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LEE

Willis, Jeanne

Summary: A girl who is always outshone by her older sister is comforted by her grandfather, who reminds her that everything and everyone is made of stardust that shines in all different ways.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WIL

Uegaki, Chieri

Summary: "A young girl finds a way to give the gift of a traditional Japanese garden back to her beloved grandfather and accept a difficult change."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE UGE

Galbraith, Bree

Summary: "Usha lives in a town where the sun hasn't shone for as long as anyone can remember. Only her grandfather remembers its brilliance and tells Usha stories about the time before other people took the sun away, building a wall to keep it all to themselves. So Usha decides to do something, and sets off in search of the sun. When at last Usha reaches the wall, she tries to kick it down, climb it,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2020

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Ramos, Vanessa

Summary: Sixth-grader Selena Estrella Herrera's family moves to El Paso to help care for her grandfather, and she tries to reinvent herself by claiming her identity as *Strella--but the project her team chooses is about the singer Selena after whom *Strella is actually named.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED RAM

Pritchard, Caroline Kusin

Summary: "Melvin Kusin (1926 - 2018), called "Poppy" by me and his other grandchildren, was a World War II veteran, Senior Olympics track star, and Texas chili mix entrepreneur. Poppy's life was bold and full of unexpected turns. But of his many adventures, Poppy was most proud of leading our family's Passover Seder for seventy-two years in a row. He taught us that traditions have the power to bring and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2024

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Jones, Jeanette Fazzari

Summary: Making meatballs for Grandpa, who no longer remembers much but loves to help cook, a little girl and her Grandma find cooking together makes more than just a meal as they prepare a savory Italian dinner, in this sensory-rich picture book about food, family and heritage.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Two Lions 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JON

Morgan, Angie

Summary: Small Stanley wants to be brave, so he takes his Grandfather's advice and writes down everything that scares him, but when he loses the list he forgets what he is afraid of.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crocodile Books, USA, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc 2023

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Lewis, Caryl

Summary: Life is tough at home for Marty, but his eccentric grandad has a plan up his sleeve to give him hope that involves wishes, a pumpkin, and a trip all the way from England to Paris.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEW

Rubinate, Amy

Summary: In September 1666 Kate and her little sister Lizzie accompany their grandfather to London to sell their apple crop only to be caught up in the Great Fire of London--and when their grandfather is forced to be part of a fire brigade it is Kate who must keep her sister, their horse and cart safe from both thieves and flames.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC RUB (GRAPHIC NOVEL)

Barrett, Judi

Summary: Dozing off while contemplating Grandpa's unusual vacation, Kate dreams about Chewandswallow, where it snows popcorn and rains sandwiches and the fate of falling food intrigues her.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 1997

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3 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BAR

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JPB BAR BASKET

Clark, Karla (Karla Jean)

Summary: "Karla Clark's You Be series continues with You Be Grandpa, all about a grandpa who is just too tired to do the bedtime routine after a long day of activities and asks his grandson to take over for him...In this clever, rhyming picture book, a grandpa tells his grandson that after a long day of playing pirates, gardening, skateboarding and more--he's simply too tired to be Grandpa at bedtime...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC 2024

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Iwai, Melissa

Summary: Gigi loves the Japan Day Festival! When Ojiji volunteers at the origami booth, Gigi can't wait to make a paper crane like Ojiji's. But folding paper is harder than it looks, and Gigi is disheartened when she sees her paper crane next to Ojiji's. Will Gigi give up or will she try her best?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024

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Fagan, Deva

Summary: Paro questions the system she once believed in and joins the Seafoxes, a ragtag team of players seeking to win the deadly Noctis games, to saver her grandfather.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2024

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FAG

Doerrfeld, Cori

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Summary: Finn is in a bad mood, so his grandfather takes him on a walk in the forest, and tells him about all the things that are beneath the surface of plants and animals--and even people.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023

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