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Author
Publisher
Megan Tingley Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm + 1 audio disc (4 3/4 in.)
Description
Tells the story of the young Keith Richards, who was introduced to the joy of music through his beloved granddad, affectionately known as "Gus."
242) We wait for the sun
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
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Award Winners for Kids
Award Winning Books for Kids
Black History Month for Kids
Celebrating Women's History
Award Winning Books for Kids
Black History Month for Kids
Celebrating Women's History
Description
The late Civil Rights attorney and activist shares a poignant moment from her childhood beside her wise grandmother, who taught Roundtree the values of self-worth, strength and justice that inspired the co-author's boundary-breaking career.
243) On the trapline
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers, a division of Penguin Random House of Canada Limited
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"A boy and Moshom, his grandpa, take a trip together to visit a place of great meaning to Moshom. A trapline is where people hunt and live off the land, and it was where Moshom grew up. As they embark on their northern journey, the child repeatedly asks his grandfather, "Is this your trapline?" This is a heartfelt story about memory, imagination and intergenerational connection that perfectly captures the experience of a young child's wonder as he...
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After Brooklyn mob widow Rena Ruggiero hits her eighty-year-old neighbor Enzio in the head with an ashtray when he makes an unwanted move on her, she embarks on a bizarre adventure. Taking off in Enzio's '62 Impala, she retreats to the Bronx home of her estranged daughter, Adrienne, and her granddaughter, Lucia, only to be turned away by Adrienne at the door. Their neighbor, Lacey "Wolfie" Wolfstein, a one-time Golden Age porn star and retired Florida...
245) A trip to Grandma's
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
27 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
Emma and her brother are staying at their grandmother's house for a full week; she has packed her favorite stuffed toy and the recharger for her cochlear implant, but she is a little worried about feeling homesick--but with her grandmother keeping her busy, and the help of a new deaf friend named Nick, the week flies by. Includes an ASL fingerspelling chart, glossary, and content-related questions.
246) Son of the South
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Klansman's grandson, living in Montgomery, Alabama, must decide what side to be on during the civil rights movement.
247) Anastasia
Description
Anastasia: A princess of Russia's Romanov family grows up in an orphanage after the assassination of her parents and separation from her grandmother, with only vague memories of her childhood, but she discovers her rightful heritage when she is recruited to pose as the lost princess by con men who want to claim a reward for her recovery.
Bartok: When Prince Ivan is kidnapped, it is up to Bartok to discover the real hero inside himself and rescue...
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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Description
Séptimo grade va a ser todo un desafío para Merci Suárez: los maestros son más estrictos, las amistades son más complicadas y su familia es todavía... bueno, ellos siempre hacen que las cosas sean interesantes. Merci también tiene que gestionar la tienda de la escuela con un varón... y el hecho de que él es --pudiéramos decir-- amable hace que todo sea aún más confuso. Y también está Edna Santos, más mandona que nunca, especialmente...
249) Crossroads
Author
Pub. Date
2008
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Description
Cassie Wright, owner of Wright Glassworks, takes in one-year-old Gwen after a tragic accident and raises her as her own. Jewel Fairbanks enters the lives of Cassie and Gwen. Jewel envies Gwen. Both Jewel and Gwen marry. Jewel marries a shrewd businessman and Gwen a honest hardworking man who works for the company that Jewel's husband owns.
250) Seeds
Publisher
TLA Releasing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Description
Young Andy is having a hard time at school, taunted for being different than the other boys. When his mother unexpectedly dies, Andy moves to a small Mexican suburb to live with his strict, no-nonsense grandmother. Soon, Andy finds comfort and refuge in Charly, the estate's sexy young gardener, who introduces him to an exciting world of danger, risk, and temptation
Author
Publisher
Cuento de Luz
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 27 cm.
Description
"Mi abuelo Pedro está un poco despistado: mete el pollo en la lavadora, confunde toallas con servilletas, guantes con calcetines, ¡y hasta se olvida muchas veces de mi nombre! Para evitar que el mal vaya a mayores ha venido a vivir a nuestra casa. Me alegra que esté con nosotros, aunque ya me he metido en más de un lío por intentar ayudarle. Pero haría lo que fuera para que mi abuelo no olvidase las cosas. Lo que fuera. Y vosotros, ¿qué haríais...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
216 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Description
Twelve-year-old Nora has always dreamed of going to Paris with her grandmother, but when her grandmother dies it seems like Paris is gone with her--until Nora finds three airline tickets in a trunk, and sets out to persuade her mother to use them.
253) Just right Jillian
Author
Publisher
Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
215 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
In this heartfelt middle-grade novel from debut author Nicole D. Collier, fifth-grader Jillian must learn to speak and break free of her shell to enter her school's academic competition and keep her promise to her grandmother.
254) Finding Junie Kim
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A tale based on true events follows the coming-of-age of a girl who is motivated by an act of racism at school to learn about her ancestral heritage and her grandparents' experiences as lost children during the Korean War.
255) Miguel's music
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Description
Miguel loves music, but his family says it is not allowed. Will he ever change their minds?
256) Louisiana's way home
Author
Series
Three rancheros volume 2
Description
"When Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn't overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends for them never to return. Separated from her best friends, Raymie and Beverly, Louisiana struggles to oppose the winds of fate (and Granny)...
257) Playtime & mealtime
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Iggy Iguanodon is disappointed that his brother will not let him tag along to the swimming hole, but when Murka Triceratops comes over they find a game they are both good at, and have a fun afternoon; then at dinner Iggy refuses to eat his ferns, until his grandfather brings him a pile of flowers and Iggy agrees to try ferns (yucky), and the two of them eat the flowers together.
258) Knight of the cape
Author
Series
Definitely Dominguita volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
118 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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"All Dominguita wants to do is read. Especially the books in Spanish that Abuela gave to her just before she moved away. They were classics that Abuela and Dominguita read together, classics her abuela brought with her all the way from Cuba when she was a young girl. It helps Dominguita feel like Abuela's still there with her. One of her favorites, Don Quixote, tells of a brave knight errant who tries to do good deeds. Dominguita decides that she,...
259) Juniper
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ruth is a worldly former war correspondent now bored in retirement with a drinking problem and a newly fractured leg. Sam is her unruly grandson, recently kicked out of boarding school and grieving the death of his mother. When the two are brought together under the same roof, they form an unexpected bond.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes and long lashes. She realizes that her eyes are like her mother's, her grandmother's, and her little sister's. They have eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea, crinkle into crescent moons, and are filled with stories of the past and hope for the future. Drawing from the strength of these powerful women in her life, she recognizes her own...
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