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Llama Llama (Picture books) volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"It's an exciting day for Llama Llama; he's going to visit Gram and Grandpa Llama and spend the night His first night away from home .and from Mama. But he makes sure to pack everything he needs. And there are so many fun things to do with Gram and Grandpa. It's not until he gets ready for bed that he realizes that he's forgotten something important. Fuzzy Llama. Fortunately, Grandpa Llama has a wonderful solution and soon Llama Llama is having sweet...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Meg is relaxing in the hammock, taste-testing Michael's latest batch of Arnold Palmers and watching the hummingbirds at their feeders when her hopes for a relaxing early summer morning are dashed. First her father recruits her to help him install a new batch of bees in the hive in her backyard. Then Mayor Shiffley recruits her to placate the NIMBYs (Not in my backyard), as she calls them - a group of newcomers to Caerphilly who have built McMansions...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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A little girl describes the magic kitchen window in her grandparents' home.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Remembering childhood stories her grandfather once told her, young physician Natalia becomes convinced that he spent his last days searching for "the deathless man," a vagabond who claimed to be immortal. As Natalia struggles to understand why her grandfather, a deeply rational man would go on such a farfetched journey, she stumbles across a clue that leads her to the extraordinary story of the tiger's wife.
Author
Language
English
Description
In Holt, Colorado, widower Louis Waters is initially thrown when the widowed Addie Moore suggests that they spend time together, in bed, to stave off loneliness. They are soon exchanging the confidences and memories of lives now empty of family, and their hopes for the imminent future.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Describes all the things that a grandfather likes, especially what he enjoys doing with his grandchildren.
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
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Mouserella misses her grandmouse so she writes her a letter and once she starts, her news flows including her love for her Grandmouse.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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While her grandmother was alive, Emma's world was filled with enchantment. But now Gram is gone, and suddenly strange spots are appearing on Emma's skin. Soon, shes diagnosed with vitiligo-a condition that makes patches of her skin lose their color-and the magic in her world is suddenly replaced with school bullies and doctor appointments. But when Emma writes one last story in the journal she shared with Gram, something strange happens. Someone...
10) Grand
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Series
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
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Colorful pictures reflect the bond between grandparents and their grandchildren.
11) The bear hug
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Cubby loves spending time with Grandpa Bear, especially when Grandpa gives him the Bear Hug.
12) Food for thought
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Gigi can't wait to make her favorite meal--peanut butter toast. Yummy! But Ojiji doesn't like peanut butter. How can anyone NOT like peanut butter? Ojiji prefers Japanese foods--like natto, which is made from fermented soybeans. Will Gigi learn to love a new breakfast treat?"--
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English
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<div><div><p>First published serially in 1840–41 in Dickens' own magazine, <i>Master Humphrey's Clock</i>, and in book form in 1841, <i>The Old Curiosity Shop</i> was an immediate popular success. The heart-wrenching story of Little Nell and her doting grandfather offered a rich amalgam of misery and malice, goodness and generosity, love and loyalty — all with a pervading veneer of sentimentality...
14) Little fish
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Language
English
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Wendy Reimer is a thirty-year-old trans woman in Winnipeg who comes across evidence that her late grandfather, a devout Mennonite farmer, might have been transgender as well. At first she dismisses the revelation, but as she and her friends struggle to cope with the challenges of their increasingly volatile lives Wendy is drawn to the lost pieces of her grandfather's past.
15) Being Frank
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Frank's finds out that that his policy of total honesty is better when mixed with a little tact.
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 710L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 29 cm
Language
English
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Grandpa Joe brings his grandson, Timmy, back to the site of the family farm. The visit brings back many memories, which Grandpa Joe shares with Timmy. His fondest memory, however, is of his father's red tractor.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Simon Spotlight edition.
Physical Desc
90 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After starting at a new school, Alana struggles to balance new friendships and responsibilities, as she also tries to save her grandmother's beloved flower shop from closing.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Once you've learned how to make a volcano at home, it's time to teach Grandma what to do! But what happens when you don't remember the right ingredients? Work together with Grandma to create the best at-home volcano ever, with a few tips and tricks from the experts--kids!"--
19) Our favorite day
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
Language
English
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Follows Papa and his granddaughter as they spend another Thursday together.
Author
Language
English
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When his daughter, Amy, collapses and dies from an asymptomatic heart condition, Rosenblatt and his wife leave their home on Long Island to move in with their son-in-law and their three young grandchildren. He peels back the layers on this most personal of losses to create a testament to familial love.
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