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Yolen, Jane

Summary: Nineteen poems about grandmothers from around the world. This sweet collection features grandmas who dream and those that sing crying babies to sleep; nanas who hold hands crossing the street and some who learn hopscotch; nanas who color with you and some who go to zoos; and other nanas spending precious time with their precious little ones.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Moonshower, an imprint of Bushel & Peck Books 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 YOL

Polacco, Patricia

Summary: Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1990

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC POL

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Polacco 1990

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE POL

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE POL

Williams, Vera B.

Summary: Three babies are caught up in the air and given loving attention by a father, grandmother, and mother.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 1990

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WIL

Cepeda, Joe

Summary: A boy rides a pogo stick to a visit with Grandma.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE CEP

Mora, Julissa

Summary: Family members head into the kitchen to help Abuelita bake a tres leches cake for Papi's birthday.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MOR

Dumond-Desir, Samanka

Summary: When she and her family find a cat and, after no luck finding its owner, decide to keep her, Haitian American kindergartener Liline must come up with the perfect name.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Paw Prints Publishing 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN DUM

Greene, Rhonda Gowler

Summary: "When one family is besieged by illness, missing pets, mounds of dirty laundry and dishes, Supergran rushes in to help manage the chaos"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2023

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRE

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE GRE

Sylvester, Natalia

Summary: "When Abuela comes to visit from Peru, she brings a suitcase full of treasures and her granddaughter learns that home is not just a place, but the love between family no matter the distance"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2024

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SYL

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SYL

Chouhan, Anu

Summary: Meenu discovers the magic in her culture's tradition of hair oiling, and the bond she shares with her mother and grandmother. Includes Meenu's magic hair day tips.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHO

Summary: "Join Bluey and Bingo as they try to answer the question: can grannies dance?"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers Licenses, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021

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Kemp, Laekan Zea

Summary: Corina's Abuela helps her select flowers that mean something to Corina from the garden for her Mexican flower crown that she will wear on her birthday, and explains the symbolic meaning of a birthday crown.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KEM

Younge, Lesley

Summary: Allen, known as A-Train because he is the fastest kid around, races through the city towards the one thing that will get him to slow down.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YOU

Carranza, Leonarda

Summary: "In this poignant, empowering picture book debut, a girl and her beloved abuelita lean on each other as they contend with racism while running errands in the city. Spending time at home with Abuelita means pancakes, puddle-jumping, and nail-painting. But venturing out into the city is not always as fun. On the bus and at the grocery store, people are impatient and suspicious--sometimes they...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CAR

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CAR

Luby, Brittany

Summary: "In this lyrical story-poem, written in Anishinaabemowin and English, a child and grandmother explore their surroundings, taking pleasure in the familiar sights that each new season brings. We accompany them through warm summer days full of wildflowers, bees and blueberries, then fall, when bears feast before hibernation and forest mushrooms are ripe for harvest. Winter mornings begin in...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LUB

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LUB

Kaba, Mariame

Summary: "From New York Times Bestselling Author Mariame Kaba, a poignant, beautifully illustrated story of a little girl's worries when her Mama goes to jail, and the love that bridges the distance between them: "Even though I'm away, My love is always here to stay. See you soon, Queenie. Love, Mama." Queenie loves living with Mama and Grandma Louise. Together, they go to the grocery store, eat ice...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Haymarket Books 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KAB

Lovell, Patty

Summary: When Gertie moves in next door with fancy toys and a huge television set, Molly shares lessons she learned from her grandmother about home-made playthings and imagination.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2012

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC LOV

Copies Available at East Bay

2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LOV

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LOV

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LOV

Straub, Emma

Summary: A girl and her eccentric grandmother spend a day being silly together.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rocky Pond Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STR

Burgess, Matthew

Summary: Sylvester imaginatively creates a special letter full of loving memories and shared moments for his favorite person, his beloved grandmother, even though she is gone.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BUR

Prochovnic, Dawn Babb

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: Lucy wants to surprise her grandmother by winning a blue ribbon at the flower show, and after a few mistakes she is proud of her results, but will the judges agree?--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: West Margin Press 2021

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Krans, Angela Pham

Summary: When Felix's grandmother comes from Vietnam to stay with his family in the United States, Felix realizes that he can help Grandma by teaching her English.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KRA

Zhang, Kelly

Summary: "When her beloved lăolao can't attend the Spring Lantern Festival, Lili is taken on a Chinese mythology-inspired adventure as she drifts off to sleep, where she finally gets to see the one person she wants to see most"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ZHA

Cho, Tina

Summary: Wanting to follow in the footsteps of her free-diving haenyeo grandmother, a young Korean girl dutifully consumes her grandmother's strength-building abalone porridge and practices her breath control before suiting up and overcoming fears to make remarkable discoveries.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2023

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Greenlaw, Suzanne

Summary: "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"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2021

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Hill, Eric

Summary: Spot and Grandma have been on a day trip, and now it's time to take the train home. What will they see on the journey? This delightful story featuring the much-loved Spot is a perfect introduction to new experiences like riding the train.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Frederick Warne, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021

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