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81) Dearest one
Author
Publisher
Lantana Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The words of wisdom a grandmother might pass on to a growing child if she wrote her advice in the form of a letter.
83) Dear Grandma
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Wonderland
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Celebrates grandmothers who are cake bakers, jungle gym climbers, dragon defeaters, and more, and the special bonds they have with their grandchildren.
84) Can't scare me!
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A fearless little boy ignores Grandma's warning about nighttime monsters until he runs away and meets the two-headed giant's three-headed brother.
86) Meena can't wait
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Today Meena and her nanu (grandmother) are having a tea party with a special Bengali tea called doodh cha, and even though Meena is impatient, she learns that it's worth the wait to make the special tea together."--
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out...
90) A-Train Allen
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
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.
91) Miss Irwin
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A young boy, aware of his grandmother's forgetfulness, helps her recall a time when she was a kindergarten teacher teaching her students about hummingbirds and their nests.
92) Bird house
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A little girl and her abuela tend to an injured bird they find in the snow, allowing it to fly around the living room until it is ready to be released.
93) Silverworld
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Desperate to help her ailing grandmother, Sami consults Sitti's spell book and falls into the magical Silverworld, where she must try to save the enchanted city and, perhaps, Sitti, too.
94) You be Grandma
Author
Series
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Grandma's too tired to be Grandma tonight. Can you be Grandma and kiss me good night?"-- provided by publisher.
96) Eco Girl
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Emulating her favorite baobab trees, Eve contributes to the beauty of the forest by nurturing her very own baobab seedling, becoming an environmental steward to express her love for all things leafy and green.
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"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"--
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Lily is moving into her grandmother's farm in Iowa, and she is sad about all the changes necessary in her life--but on the long drive her grandmother challenges her to find ten beautiful things that they can share together.
Author
Series
Ballet Cat volume 3
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
201.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ballet Cat and her cousin, Goat, try to outdo one another while putting on show for their grandmother.
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