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Abuelas Novela juvenil Families Juvenile fiction Friendship Juvenile fiction Grandmothers Grandmothers Fiction Grandmothers Juvenile fiction Grandparent and child Grandparent and child Juvenile fiction Grands-mères Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse Picture books for childrenPetrus, Junauda
Summary: "A vision of a world where community care and safety are not the jobs of police, based on a protest poem written by Petrus after the police officer who killed Michael Brown was not charged"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PETHunt, Dallas
Summary: "As young Awâsis searches for the ingredients to make Kohkum's world-famous bannock recipe, they run into a variety of other-than-human relatives that help them along in their journey. Includes a pronunciation guide and Kohkum's world-famous bannock recipe at the back of the book."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Highwater Press 2018
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Summary: Three babies are caught up in the air and given loving attention by a father, grandmother, and mother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 1990
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WILRobertson, David
Summary: "When a young girl helps tend to her grandmother's garden, she begins to notice things that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long, braided hair and beautifully colored clothing? Why does she speak another language and spend so much time with her family? As she asks her grandmother about these things, she is told about life in a residential school a long time ago, where all of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HighWater Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROBDe Regil, Tania
Summary: En una primera visita sin sus papás a la casa de su abuela en las afueras de la Ciudad de México, una niña descubre lo que hace que la abuela tan especial.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH DEPolacco, Patricia
Summary: Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1990
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC POLCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE POLSmallman, Steve
Summary: Told not to talk to strangers on her way to Grandma's, Little Red Riding Hood ignores a wolf and decides to talk to a friendly rabbit instead, but she soon learns that looks can be deceiving.
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Publisher / Publication Date: QEB Publishing, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SMACollier, Nicole D.
Summary: It's hatching season and Jemison Elementary is buzzing about the arrival of the baby chicks. Fifth-grader Jillian must learn to speak and break free of her shell to enter her school's competition and keep her promise to her grandmother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC COLManushkin, Fran
Summary: When Katie's grandmother trips and breaks her ankle, Katie learns about the importance of paramedics to her neighborhood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2021
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JBR PURPLE SPANISH MANde la Peña, Matt
Summary: "Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don't own a car like his friend Colby. Why doesn't he have an iPod like the boys on the bus? How come they always have to get off in the dirty part of town? Each question is met with an encouraging answer from grandma, who helps him see the beauty and fun in their routine and the world around...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Corimbo 2016
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH DELBrown-Wood, JaNay
Summary: In rhyming text, when the whole family and guests show up for the big dinner at Grandma's house, it becomes clear that the house is much too small to hold them all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2017
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE BRODarraj, Susan Muaddi
Summary: Farah's little brother is in the hospital with a heart problem that needs surgery, so her parents send sixth-grader Farah off to stay with her grandmother in a retirement condo in Florida; Sitti Fayrouz does not speak much English, has a lot of rules, and does not understand Farah's interest in geology, so Farah is not happy with the move--but despite being the only child in the community,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED DARCordell, Matthew
Summary: To deliver her mother's delicious soup to her sick Granny Oak, Evergreen the squirrel must face her fears and make the journey, during which she meets other forest dwellers, including some who want to get their hands on her soup!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CORCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CORJules, Jacqueline
Summary: Sofia and her cousins are making a piñata for their grandmother's birthday party, but when Bella the cat gets involved chaos ensues.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC JULMass, Wendy
Summary: Visiting her grandmother in Australia, Livy, ten, is reminded of the promise she made five years before to Bob, a strange, green creature who cannot recall who or what he is.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2018
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Summary: Todo lo que Jeremy quiere es un par de esos zapatos, como los que llevan puestos los otros chicos de su escuela. Pero su abuela le explica que ellos no están para hablar de <<quiero>>, sino de <<necesito>>, y lo que Jeremy necesita son unas botas nuevas para el invierno.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH BOEReid, C. L.
Summary: Emma and her brother are staying at their grandmother's house for a full week; she has packed her favorite stuffed toy and the recharger for her cochlear implant, but she is a little worried about feeling homesick--but with her grandmother keeping her busy, and the help of a new deaf friend named Nick, the week flies by. Includes an ASL fingerspelling chart, glossary, and content-related...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE REICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE REICepeda, Joe
Summary: A boy rides a pogo stick to a visit with Grandma.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2021
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Summary: To thirteen-year-old Elisabeth Caldwell, babysitting for a neighbor's little boys sounds like an easy way to earn some money for shopping, and her grandmother is full of sensible advice--trouble is her mind is more on a boy on the school tennis team and the difficulty she is having making a good impression on him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BABJules, Jacqueline
Summary: Sofia is making a family time capsule, filled with pictures and mementos from their lives, to be opened in fifteen years, and Abuela contributes letters to each of her grandchildren--but Sofia is so consumed with curiosity that she decides to sneak a peak at what her letter says.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2017
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Summary: After her friends and family all notice that her favorite yellow umbrella is torn, Grandma Fina gets quite a surprise on her birthday.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cinco Puntos Press 1999
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH SAEBooth, Coe
Summary: After a wonderful seven weeks at Ainsley International School, twelve-year-old Caprice has been offered a full scholarship and she should be delighted, but instead she is full of doubts because what happened at the last night dance has brought back the memory of being sexually abused by her uncle as a four-year-old; worse, her maternal grandmother is ill, and that means going back to the house...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BOORosenberg, Madelyn
Summary: In 1983 seventh-grader David Da-Wei Horowitz has a lot to worry about--his bar mitzvah is coming soon, his Jewish and Chinese grandmothers argue about everything, his teammates for the upcoming trivia contest, Scott and Hector, do not like each other, heis beginning to notice girls, and Scott has persuaded him to begin digging a fallout shelter just in case the Cold War heats up.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ROSFerneyhough, Liza
Summary: "Nina's visits to her two faraway grandmothers-one in Malaysia and one in England-unfold side-by-side, featuring similarities and differences between the two"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2022