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Heikkilä, Cecilia

Summary: Grandpa and Little Bear share a dream to visit Faraway Valley -- a special, hard-to-find place full of wild and wonderful creatures, a place where the air smells of pine needles, a place they've only seen on a postcard. The determined pair study maps, read books and practice camping to prepare for their adventure, then set sail for the long journey. But when they arrive in the north, they find...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Floris Books 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HEI

Reidy, Jean

Summary: "Celebrates the special bond between grandparents and their grandchildren."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Reidy

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE REI

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE REI

Yingst, DK

3 holds on 2 copies

Summary: "When Karen adopts a grandmother from Stoneybrook Manor, she has more grandmas than anyone she knows -- five! Karen thinks that is very special. But Karen's new grandmother is so different! Grandma B makes Karen listen to old music, and she teaches Karen funny dances, like the foxtrot"--Inside dust jacket.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2024

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Grossman, David

Summary: "Every Tuesday, Yotam's grandfather takes him to a coffee shop after kindergarten, where Grandpa Amnon drinks coffee and Yotam likes to draw. One day, Yotam has a question: "Grandpa, what's on your face?" Grandpa Amnon explains that the lines on his face are wrinkles, and they are something that grownups get. He tells Yotam the stories of how he got each of his wrinkles. Some reasons for...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRO

Payleitner, Jay K.

Summary: "Hooray for Grandparents celebrates the special role grandparents play in children's lives and collects 50 ways to build a strong relationship between grandparent and grandchild. Through fun activities to do together, ways to create your own special traditions, advice on how to be their support in difficult times, and ideas for building a legacy that goes on throughout their own lives, this is...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 PAY

Duran, Aaron

Summary: "From a young age, Althalia knew she would someday be the last of her kind--a bruja, tasked with keeping the power and stories of the ancient ways from fading fully into history. Never alone, Althalia works in a paranormal museum with her friends, a real-life Chupacabra and a were-coyote, while living with and caring for her beloved abuela. Through these powerful connections, her skills and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group, LLC 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 DUR

Viva, Frank

Summary: During the course of a day spent with Grampa, Owen learns silly dances to fight the urge to pee.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 VIV

Juster, Norton

Summary: Looking through the kitchen window, a little girl and her doting grandparents watch stars, play games, and, most importantly, say hello and goodbye.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michael di Capua Books/Hyperion Books for Children 2005

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Caldecott Juster 2005

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC JUS

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JUS

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JUS

Cheng, Charlotte

Summary: A young girl finds comfort and solace in fond memories of her deceased, beloved grandfather, which help her cope with his death.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rocky Pond Books 2024

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Goade, Michaela

Summary: Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade's first self-authored picture book is a gorgeous celebration of the land she knows well and the powerful wisdom of elders. On an island at the edge of a wide, wild sea, a girl and her grandmother gather gifts from the earth. Salmon from the stream, herring eggs from the ocean, and in the forest, a world of berries. Salmonberry, Cloudberry, Blueberry,...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Products, LLC 2023

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Medina, Meg

Summary: "Ana cannot contain her excitement--her abuela is coming to stay with her and Mami for always! Abuela is sure to let Ana play whenever she wants instead of rushing her off to school, like her neighbor and babysitter, señora Mimí, sometimes does. In fact, as Ana's classmate points out, she won't need señora Mimí to babysit at all anymore! But señora Mimí is a good listener, and they have a lot...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MED

Morgan, Angie

Summary: Small Stanley wants to be brave, so he takes his Grandfather's advice and writes down everything that scares him, but when he loses the list he forgets what he is afraid of.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crocodile Books, USA, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MOR

Ajmera, Maya

Summary: "This photo-illustrated board book celebrates the special bond shared by babies and their grandparents all over the world"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2024

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Arnold, Marie

Summary: "Ten-year-old Sunny Williams is resilient--she knows this because it's what her beloved grandma, Nanna, always tells her. So when Nanna is put into a care home after her memory loss issues get worse and social workers intend to put Sunny and her seven-year-old brother, Miles, into a foster home, she takes charge and hatches a plan for them to avoid getting split up. Luckily, Sunny also realizes...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ARN

Churchill, Amanda

Summary: In 1999 Texas, Lia Cope, when her grandmother Mineko moves in, connects with her over stories of the Turtle House in Japan and the secrets they both carry, and when Mineko is forced to live in an assisted living community, she and Lia devise a plan to bring a beloved lost place to life.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHU

Detlefsen, Lisl H.

Summary: "Nana is coming to visit! She's going to teach Little Pickle to make her famous "Nana rolls"--a special bread recipe that Nana's nana taught her. Together, they gather ingredients: eggs and milk, flour and oil, sugar and salt, yeast and water. As they mix them together to form the dough, Nana shares stories about how making this treasured family recipe has changed over the years--and how it's...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

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Harvey, Kristy Woodson

Summary: Present Day: Keaton Smith is desperate for a fresh start. So when her mother needs someone to put her childhood home in Beaufort, North Carolina, on the market—the home that Keaton didn’t know existed until now—she jumps at the chance to head south. But the moment she steps foot inside the abandoned house, she’s confronted with secrets about grandparents who died before she was born. And as she...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2024

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAR

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAR
1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE

James, Anna (Anna Lois)

Summary: When eleven-year-old Tilly Pages joins Oskar and his family on a Christmas trip to Paris, she and her friend bookwander into the land of fairy tales, where someone--or something--is causing chaos.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2020

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC JAM

Usher, Sam

Summary: "A boy and his granddad plan a day at the beach filled with exploring tide pools, building sandcastles, and eating ice cream. But when they find a baby seal trapped in a net, their real adventure begins!" -- From back of the book.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2024

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Zalben, Jane Breskin

Summary: "When Christmas and the first night of Chanukah occur on the same day, all of Sophie and Max's grandparents come over to partake in both Jewish and Christian traditions together"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Christmas, Call number: JE ZAL

Bell, P. G. (Peter Gwilym)

Summary: Eleven-year-old Meadow Witch apprentice Anwen Sedge, along with her grandmother and rival Cerys, find themselves in the Sky Kingdom with giants after a dead king falls onto their rural village, prompting them to solve the mystery of the king's death before they can return home.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BEL

Harmel, Kristin

2 holds on 2 copies

Summary: In this heartwarming story of love, family and baked goods, bakery owner Hope McKenna-Smith, the divorced mother of a surly preteen girl, is summoned by her aging grandmother who, ready to reveal the secret she has kept for 70 years, sends her on a journey across the world that will forever change her life.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2012

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAR

McRady, Rachel

Summary: Helping her beloved grandfather John, who suffers from dementia, break out of his nursing home, 6-year-old Gracie Lynn joins him on a quest to chase the sun while her estranged parents frantically try to locate them before something bad happens.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alcove Press 2024

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCR

Gray, Shelley Shepard

Summary: Four siblings leave their divorced, lapsed-Amish father for the stability and sense of family provided by their Old Order grandparents in a peaceful small-town in Ohio.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2024

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRA

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