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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

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...

Format: text

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

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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2022

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

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

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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MED

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.

Format: text

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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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

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...

Format: text

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.

Format: text

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...

Format: text

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

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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.

Format: text

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

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Ajmera, Maya

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

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 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...

Format: text

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

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRO

Santos, Paola

Summary: Carmencita does not like eating mangoes, but her grandmother shows her how to appreciate the fruit using the five senses.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SAN

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

Terciero, Rey

Summary: "Lucia Castillo dreams of being a hero like her grandfather. But to the people in their Texas town, he was just a strange old man who dressed up as a knight and claimed to save the world from monsters only he could see. Now years later, when Lucia and her best friend--and trusty squire--Sandro discover the town mayor is secretly a shapeshifting beast of Mexican lore, her parents think she's...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023

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

Cepeda, Joe

Summary: A boy rides a pogo stick to a visit with Grandma.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2021

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Straub, Emma

Summary: A girl and her eccentric grandmother spend a day being silly together.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rocky Pond Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STR

Tripplett, Natasha

Summary: "Ju-Girl's favorite days are the ones spent with Granddad in his garage, fixing cars and hearing stories about his old blue pickup. Granddad used to drive the blue pickup all over the island, bringing happiness to many. And now it just sits in the driveway. One day, Ju-Girl asks Granddad if he'd ever fix it, and he's unsure at first. But the pair soon finds out just what it takes to restore the...

Format: text

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

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TRI

Forman, Ruth

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: Just as the sun loves the day and the moon loves the waves, a grandmother shows how her family's love is natural and connected to the world around them.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2024

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Hiranandani, Veera

Summary: A grandfather reflects on his loving relationship with his three grandchildren.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HIR

James, Helen Foster

Summary: When Nana and her little bunny finish up a day of fun, they settle in for bedtime.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JAM

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

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