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Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Its a cold January in the Chesapeake Bay area, but Cool Down Café manager Val Deniston has plenty to sweat overlike catering a book club event, testing recipes for her Granddads cookbook, and catching the author of a deadly tale of murder. . .The last thing Val needs in her life is an unsolved murder, especially when the victim, an actor famed for impersonating Edgar Allan Poe, happens to be dressed exactly like her Granddad. To keep an eye on Granddad,...
84) The return
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with a moving new novel about an injured army doctor and the two women whose secrets will change the course of his life. Trevor Benson never intended to move back to New Bern, North Carolina. But when a mortar blast outside the hospital where he worked as an orthopedic surgeon sent him home from Afghanistan with devastating injuries, the dilapidated cabin he'd inherited from his grandfather...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A little girl holds lessons learned in her grandfather’s sari-sari store close while adjusting to a new home in this sweet picture book about the joy of community, connection, and Filipino culture. For one girl, summers used to mean helping Lolo run his sari-sari store, which was always brimming with goods for the neighborhood: shampoo packets for Ate Jane, rice and eggs for Tonton, and a sympathetic ear for anyone who needed it. “Sari-sari...
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Two children provide instructions how to properly read to a grandmother or a grandfather, including how to choose a good book, how to use different voices, and where to find the perfect place to cuddle up and read.
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by the beautiful true story of a nonverbal boy moved to speech at his first Mozart concert, this picture book is a testament to the power of art and the boundless joy it can bring. When Grandfather comes to take his grandson to a concert, Ronan is quiet as they leave the house, quiet in the car, and quiet at the concert hall. But when the performance is over and the beautiful music fades out at last, Ronan opens his mouth…and lets out...
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 26
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Alden children investigate various mix-ups at a zoo run by their grandfather's friend in an effort to save it not only from pranksters but also from the town council.
91) Abuelito
Author
Publisher
Kind World Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Alejo loved his Abuelo. They did everything together and were the best of friends. They had so much fun that one little neighbor couldn't help but notice and admire their strong bond. But one day, Abuelo wasn't there anymore. He got too sick to come home. Nothing makes Alejo feel better; doing all of things he used to do with Abuelo just makes him feel more lonely. But, maybe, just maybe, one special little neighbor can help"--Provided by publisher....
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 16
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Geronimo travels to Ratzikistan to help his grandfather write a travel guide about this remote area.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Formats
Description
A stressed-out single dad and caregiver to his mischievous abuelo butts heads and creates sparks with a teacher and social justice advocate.
Santiago "Saint" Vega gets a second shot at love with Lola León, but when duty to his family forces him to do something she'll never forgive, will everything he's built come crumbling down? Years ago, Saint walked away from the girl he loved to fulfill his duty. Now he's struggling to build bridges between...
94) Our favorite day
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Follows Papa and his granddaughter as they spend another Thursday together.
95) Snihovyy tepl
Author
Publisher
Vydavnytstvo Staroho Leva
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Ukrainian
Description
Do you imagine a creature, huge as a house, hairy, silent and invisible, human-like and still unknown to science? One day, Mick and his friends come across a cub of just such a creature - these are rare, still unexplored snow-warmers who hid their baby near the house of the only person they are not afraid to trust. And this one is Mika's grandfather! Since then, many secrets and responsibilities appear in the boy's life. Together with grandfather,...
Author
Publisher
The Overlook Press, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The death of Edvard's parents when he was three has always been a mystery but he knows that the fate of his grandfather's brother, Einar, is somehow connected. One day a coffin is delivered to the farm for his grandfather, long before the grandfather's death--a meticulous, beautiful, and unique piece of craftsmanship with the hallmarks of a certain master craftsman--raising the thought that Einar isn't dead after all. Edvard is now driven to unravel...
98) Henri's hats
Author
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A trunk filled with amazing hats shows Henri that his grandfather is not just a quiet old man, but someone who once had the sort of grand adventures Henri imagines.
99) A game of Noctis
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Meg Langslow mysteries volume 27
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When Meg's grandmother Cordelia hosts a Renaissance Faire at her craft center, the whole family is put to work: Meg handles the blacksmithing, Michael and the boys will be performing, and no one misses the opportunity to dress up in full regalia. More exciting to Grandfather is the pair of rare falcons he discovers breeding at the fairgrounds. Concerned for their well-being amid all the activity, he appoints himself their protector. When one of the...
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