While visiting her grandparents, literal-minded Amelia Bedelia finally learns, despite some mishaps, how to bake an apple pie.

An award-winning novelist, philosopher, essayist, screenwriter, professor and cartoonist, Charles Johnson has held numerous impressive titles over the course of his incomparable career. Now, for the first time, with his trademark wisdom and philosophical generosity, he turns his attention to his most important role yet: grandparent.00In Grand, Johnson shares stories from his life with his six-year-old grandson, Emery, weaving in advice and life lessons...

When Kendra and Seth return to Fablehaven, they discover that Grandpa Sorenson has asked three specialists to protect the property from the Society of the Evening Star, a group determined to steal an artifact of great power from the preserve.

A child describes the increasing intensity of his grandparents' snores--that annoy some but also provide a sense of security.

When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents' estate, they discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures and that a battle between good and evil is looming.

"En Guayacanal -el nombre de la finca de su familia, en torno a la cual ocurría la vida-, William Ospina cuenta la historia de sus bisabuelos, de sus abuelos y de Padua y sus contornos, el lugar en el que nació y donde pasó una infancia feliz y embrujadora que, comprueba él, nunca lo ha abandonado. Con una prosa envolvente y cercana, sencilla y poética al mismo tiempo, conduce al lector, con la arbitrariedad con la que ocurren la vida y la memoria,...

A holiday tale relates the story of a thirteen-year-old boy whose final gift from his mother, a sweater, is scorned in favor of more expensive gifts before a tragic car accident ends the mother's life.

Emma London never thought she had anything in common with her grandmother, Genevieve London. The regal old woman came from wealthy and bluest-blood New England stock, but that didn't protect her from life's cruelest blows: the disappearance of Genevieve's young son, followed by the premature death of her husband. But Genevieve rose from those ashes of grief and built a fashion empire that was respected the world over, even when it meant neglecting...

When Grampa is bitten by a rival soccer team's mascot and turns into a were-yote, members of the Ladies Quilting League offer to destroy him, but Hans Lotion has a solution that could be less deadly.

"Every summer, Etta visits her grandparents at their quaint cabin at beautiful, alpine Marmot Lake. But this summer brings a shocking discovery when Etta's grandparents share a family secret that will change her life forever. Etta's grandparents have a secret ability-a "gift"-and they have an even bigger surprise: Etta, too, possesses this gift. Soon, Etta faces unexpected and unimagined dangers, and she and her new friends must draw upon their courage...