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Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In a time when a flower is so rare that it is the grand prize of an annual race, Rou's only wish is to win for her grandma, who is haunted by memories of when flowers were once abundant. But sometimes the real prize is not what's offered by others, but what we make for ourselves."--Provided by publisher
4) Rain, rain
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
"A rainy day dashes Jenny and Joanna's hopes for a fun day at the beach with their grandmother. In the end, imagination combined with Grandma's ingenuity makes for a fun-filled day" Cf. Our choice, 1999-2000.
5) Fibbed
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After telling too many far-fetched tales, Nana Busumuru is sent to spend the summer with relatives in Ghana, where she must join forces with the trickster spider Ananse to prevent an evil corporation from stealing the magic in the village forest.
Author
Series
Black lagoon adventures volume 34
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Spring break is here! With no school or homework for a week, Hubie can finally read his pile of comic books. But instead, mom tells him to pack his suitcase. They're going to visit Grandma. Hubie has no choice, he has to go. Spring break must might break Hubie!"-- Page [4] cover.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Astrid and co. are back in this highly anticipated sequel to CYOA's hit Time Travel Inn! Just weeks after the events of Time Travel Inn, the Inn gets an unwelcome visitor: a corrupt multiverse cop investigating the whereabouts of your grandmother Dolores. The problem is, you don't know where, or "when," she is, either. And meanwhile, your dad has developed an illness that's slowly turning him into... a duck? Your pals Trent and Damien join you (Astrid)...
10) When Lola visits
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"For one young girl, summer is the season of no school, of days spent at the pool, and of picking golden limes off the trees. But summer doesn't start until her Lola--her grandmother from the Philippines--comes for her annual visit. When Lola visits, the whole family gathers to cook and eat and share in their happiness of another season spent together"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Darwin the Dinosaur loves to dance, but he needs someone to join his dance troupe. He searches high and low, with his little (unnamed) pet turtle, and whom does he find? Mom and Dad! Darwin knows there's no way Mom and Dad can keep up with his moves ... until they show off some Jurassic dance steps that prove even prehistoric parents can be the coolest--and grooviest--dinosaurs around. Mom, Dad, and Darwin have a blast showing off their moves, from...
Author
Series
The Zack files volume 24
Pub. Date
©2001
Language
English
Description
When magic enables Zack's eighty-eight-year-old grandmother to become a terrific batter, she ends up playing in a Chicago White Sox baseball game.
14) Candidly Cline
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Cline Alden's grandmother says that music is in the family's blood, but Cline's mother is dead-set against her daughter's dreams of becoming a country music singer; Cline is determined to find the money to attend a Young Singer-Songwriter Workshop in Lexington (not too far from her Paris, Kentucky home), so now she has a lot on her mind--she is hiding things from her mother, she is losing her beloved grandmother to Alzheimer's, and she has begun to...
15) Abuelita and me
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"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 even yell. Sad, angry, and scared, the story's young narrator...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Pip. Unzip. Escape! It's hatching season, and all of Jemison Elementary is buzzing about the arrival of the baby chicks. Soon, the chicks will pip a hole in their shell, unzip the egg, and take their places in the world. For fifth-grader Jillian, breaking out of her shell is much harder. Jillian is always too shy to raise her hand in class, even when she knows the right answers; meanwhile her nemesis, Rashida, is never afraid to speak her mind. As...
17) Caprice
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
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 in Baltimore where it all happened--Caprice has never...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An's grandmother Bà sometimes gets trapped in her cloudy memories. An and her grandfather Ông come up with a plan to bring her back to a happy moment: growing gấc fruits so they can make xôi gấc, Bà's favorite dish from her wedding in Vietnam many years ago. An and Ông must be patient as the seeds grow, flower, and turn into fruit. When the xôi gấc is finally ready, An is hopeful that her grandmother will remember her wedding wish with...
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