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41) Grandma's farm
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English
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In this charming and nostalgia-filled companion to the best-selling picture book Grandpa's Tractor, a grandmother shares her fond memories of farm life. Grandma Ginny and Timmy take a trip to visit the site of the family farm, where the old house and some rickety buildings still stand. Timmy had visited with Grandpa before and learned all about his tractor, but Grandma has her own stories to tell of planting the fields, harvesting the crops, and feeding...
42) Brand-new bubbe
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Charlesbridge
Language
English
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Jillian does not want another grandmother, after all she already has a Noni and a Gram, so when her mother marries Michael she is distinctly cool to her new bubbe--but her mother convinces her to give Bubbe a chance, and Jillian and all her grandmothers come together over a bowl of soup. Includes recipes for Matzo Ball Soup, Italian Wedding Soup, and Gazpacho.
43) As brave as you
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English
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"When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires--literally"--
44) All around us
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Language
English
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Finding circles everywhere, a grandfather and his granddaughter meditate on the cycles of life and nature.
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Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Once, in a tiny village in India, there was a young boy who loved to paint. He lived with his grandfather, who taught him to paint with his fingers, to make paints from marigolds and brushes made from jasmine flowers. Sometimes, the village children would watch them painting together, and the boy's grandfather would invite them to join in. They didn't have much, but they had each other. After his grandfather dies, the boy notices a little box wrapped...
46) The matatu
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Orca Book Publishers
Language
English
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A young boy takes a ride on the matatu bus with his grandfather for his fifth birthday, and along the way his grandfather tells him the story of why dogs chase the bus, goats run from it, and sheep pay no attention to it.
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English
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A . . . picture book about a family's connection to their land, their home, and each other . . . Long ago, Grandfather came to a new land. Fish swam in the water, birds chirped in the sky, monkeys played in the trees. And in this wilderness, with his own two hands, Grandfather built a house. It wasn't easy. But the land gave him what he needed. And it became his home. Decades later, his grandson will have all he needs: a head full of memories, two...
51) Ice cream summer
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A little boy writes a letter to his grandfather about all the reading and studying he is doing this summer--but all his activities revolve around ice cream.
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Series
Prayer jars volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Sara Murray had never met her mother's parents and was surprised to learn after her death that they were Amish living in Pennsylvania. When she is finally able to make the trip to meet them, she is shocked to learn someone else has been living with them and pretending to be her. Sara can't understand how quickly her grandparents are willing to forgive the imposter. Secrets and deceit seem to follow Sara, and she is so tired of it. Though soon she...
53) Rain
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Publisher
Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It's raining, but one little boy can't wait to go outside for an adventure with his granddad.
54) Snow
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Publisher
Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Join a boy and his grandfather as they enjoy a snow day in the park!
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Language
English
Description
Clayton feels most alive when he's with his grandfather, Cool Papa Byrd, and the band of Bluesmen -- he can't wait to join them, just as soon as he has a blues song of his own. But then the unthinkable happens. Cool Papa Byrd dies, and Clayton's mother forbids Clayton from playing the blues. And Clayton knows that's no way to live. Armed with his grandfather's brown porkpie hat and his harmonica, he runs away from home in search of the Bluesmen, hoping...
56) My red hat
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A grandfather passes down a hat that has seen a world of moments.
57) Charlie's raven
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Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
When Charlie's grandfather falls ill, Charlie brings home a lively baby raven named Blue Sky because his Native American friends claim that ravens wield powerful medicine.
58) Our favorite day
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Follows Papa and his granddaughter as they spend another Thursday together.
59) You are my wish
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and rhyming text describe how a grandparent and child complement one another.
60) Otherwood
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
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"'Hatred combined with lies and secrets can break the world." Grandpa Zach used to say that before he died, but Stuey never really knew what he meant. It was kind of like how he used to talk about quantum physics, or how he used to say ghosts haunted the overgrown golf course. But then one day, when Stuey and his best friend, Elly Rose, are playing in the deadfall in the middle of the woods, something totally unbelievable happens. As Stuey and Elly...
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