Ajmera, Maya
Summary: "This photo-illustrated board book celebrates the special bond shared by babies and their grandparents all over the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD AJMDay, Marianne Waggoner
Summary: Camp Grandma reveals how a successful businesswoman merged her working career with her role as grandmother--and offers grandparents fun and creative ideas for enriching their relationships with their grandchildren while teaching the children valuable life skills that will help them grow strong and think critically. Readers will be introduced to a compelling, sometimes humorous, and totally...
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Publisher / Publication Date: She Writes Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.8745 DAY1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 306.8745 DAY
Paul, Chris
Summary: "The day after future NBA superstar Chris Paul signed his letter of intent to play college basketball for Wake Forest, he received a world-shattering phone call. His grandfather, Nathaniel "Papa" Jones, a pillar of the Winston-Salem community where he owned and operated the first Black-owned service station in North Carolina, was mugged and ultimately died from a heart attack resulting from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B PAUL PAUSummary: With the help of teachers, friends, and their parents, Sister and Brother Bear learn how exciting school can actually be, whether in gym or art, working on a class project, or playing sports. Kids will learn the importance of participating in school.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BERFernandez, Caroline
Summary: Magical sneezes transform Grandma into different Mesozoic Era marine reptiles, and it's up to her grandchildren to track her down, stop her funny business, and finish their reports before the field trip ends. The aquarium rescue centre has never been this exciting. This picture book introduces readers to facts about prehistoric marine life and encourages environmental consciousness through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Common Deer Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FERHager, Jenna Bush
Summary: "The former first daughter and granddaughter ... shares moving, funny stories about her beloved grandparents and the wisdom they passed on that has shaped her life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B BUSH HAGPhelps, Bonnie
Summary: A girl enjoys story time with her grandmother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Powerkids Press 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN PHEPayleitner, Jay K.
Summary: "Hooray for Grandparents celebrates the special role grandparents play in children's lives and collects 50 ways to build a strong relationship between grandparent and grandchild. Through fun activities to do together, ways to create your own special traditions, advice on how to be their support in difficult times, and ideas for building a legacy that goes on throughout their own lives, this is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 PAYYee, Sennah
Summary: A day in Chinatown takes an unexpected turn when a bored little girl makes a connection with her grandpa. May isn't having fun on her trip through Chinatown with her grandfather. Gong Gong doesn't speak much English, and May can't understand Chinese. She's hungry, and bored with Gong Gong's errands. Plus, it seems like Gong Gong's friends are making fun of her! But just when May can't take any...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG YEEBourland, Annette
Summary: "God Loves You, Little Peanut is a heartwarming premium picture book that shows the deep bond between a parent or grandparent and their little peanut"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BOUGehring, Abigail R.
Summary: Stories, Nursery Rhymes, Recipes, Games, Crafts, and More. A beautiful, keepsake book packed with everything you need to be a terrific grandparent! Beautifully illustrated and chock full of everything you need to be a great grandparent, The Complete Guide to Practically Perfect Grandparenting is the perfect gift for new grandpas and grandmas. In these pages you'll find classic stories and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Pub Co Inc 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.8 GEHCary, Lorene
Summary: Shares the story of the author's relationship with her remarkable grandmother, describing the latter's youth in the Jim Crow South, devotion to black causes, and management of her own business until age one hundred.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B CARY CARAncco
Summary: "Ancco looks back at her own tumultuous adolescence, from the not-so-distanced lens of a twenty-something. A mother's struggles mirror her teen's. Memories of care between the cartoonist and her grandmother--before her faculties had started to fade. Quick judgments look ugly through the eyes of a teen, who's leaning into her own sense of self. Whether it's friends, family, animals, or even a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ANCClinton, Hillary Rodham
Summary: The authors share personal revelations on how gardening with Grandma Dorothy shapes and nurtures a love and respect for nature, beauty, and a general philosophy for life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CLIDoseff, Lisa
Summary: "Grandma Lisa's garden has it all; wit, rhyme, wisdom and above all, a very important and timely message for parent and child alike."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Doseff 2021Ogle, Rex
Summary: "Rex Ogle's companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother's legacy. In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle's abuela features as a source of love and support. In this companion-in-verse, Rex captures and celebrates the powerful presence a woman he could always count on-to give him warm hugs and ear...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA 920 OGLElmore, Phyllis Biffle
Summary: "A memoir of a Detroit child raised in Alabama by her grandmother, whose storytelling and quilt-making open up a world of drama, passion, and African American identity"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ELMORE, PHYLLIS ELMBerger, Kathleen Stassen
Summary: Here, Kathleen Berger explores the role of grandmothers in the lives of their grandchildren. She uses real life examples to illustrate how grandmothers can best integrate themselves into the lives of their children's families without overstepping. She explores the particular needs of each stage of childhood as they relate to grandmother involvement and input. Before a child is born,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.8745 BERChanani, Nidhi
Summary: When her granddaughter Aria comes to stay with her, making it her mission to turn her boba cafae around, Jing Li, who is the secret keeper of the monster of San Francisco, is overrun with customers while Aria sneaks away to reason with the earthquake-causing monster.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 741.5 CHARoundtree, Dovey Johnson
Summary: The late Civil Rights attorney and activist shares a poignant moment from her childhood beside her wise grandmother, who taught Roundtree the values of self-worth, strength and justice that inspired the co-author's boundary-breaking career.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROUBackman, Fredrik
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry, and Britt-Marie Was Here, comes an exquisitely moving portrait of an elderly man's struggle to hold on to his most precious memories, and his family's efforts to care for him even as they must find a way to let go. "Isn't that the best of all life's ages, an old man thinks as he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BACCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION BACRichards, Keith
Summary: Tells the story of the young Keith Richards, who was introduced to the joy of music through his beloved granddad, affectionately known as "Gus."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Megan Tingley Books, Little, Brown and Company 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC RICSnow, Virginia Brimhall
Summary: "Take a stroll through a magnificent garden and serene forest with Grammy and her grandkids and find out what there is to discover around every turn. Beautiful illustrations and adorable rhymes will guide readers as they learn to identify different kinds of flowers, fruits and berries, trees, birds, insects, and animals. Pick and snack on fruits in the garden, and then swing in a huge tree...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs Smith 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SNOQuindlen, Anna
Summary: "Before mommy blogs were even invented, Anna Quindlen became a go-to writer on the joys and challenges of motherhood in her nationally syndicated column. Now she's taking the next step and going full Nana in the pages of this lively and moving book about her grandchildren, her children, and her new and remarkable role"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019