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3) The witches
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
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Description
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club (Graphic novels) volume 4
Language
English
Description
Claudia's participation in the Baby-sitters Club is curtailed when Grandmother Mimi suffers a stroke and Claudia finds herself "Mimi-sitting" and fighting more frequently with her sister.
Author
Series
Starry River of the Sky volume 3
Language
English
Description
This breathtaking, full-color illustrated fantasy is inspired by Chinese folklore, and is a companion to the Newbery Honor winner Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.
Pinmei's gentle, loving grandmother always has the most thrilling tales for her granddaughter and the other villagers. However, the peace is shattered one night when soldiers of the Emperor arrive and kidnap the storyteller.
Everyone knows that the Emperor wants...
Pinmei's gentle, loving grandmother always has the most thrilling tales for her granddaughter and the other villagers. However, the peace is shattered one night when soldiers of the Emperor arrive and kidnap the storyteller.
Everyone knows that the Emperor wants...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Grandmother wants so badly to be left alone to finish the knitting for her grandchildren that she leaves her tiny home and her big family to journey to the moon and beyond to find peace and quiet to finish her knitting.
A 2017 Caldecott Honor Book that The New York Times calls "both classic and ultracontemporary," Leave Me Alone! is an epic tale about one grandmother, a giant sack of yarn, and her ultimate quest to finish her knitting. One day, a...
Author
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
On the eve of the very first Christmas, an old grandmother is busy tidying her home when a bright star illuminates the sky. Soon three wise men arrive and invite Babushka to join them in their travels?following the star in search of a newborn babe, the Prince of Peace. But there are dishes to be washed, and floors to be swept, and Babushka is too absorbed in her work to leave her home with presents for the baby Jesus. The next day, when Babushka tries...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Ciao! A pair of cute and colorful board books from Carole Lexa Schaefer and Lauren Tobia introduce a curious, lovable tot eager to explore the world. Baby and Mamma are going to visit Nonna today. They say good-bye to Papa - Ciao, Papa! - and head out. How will they get there? Roll, roll in the stroller. Beep, beep on the bus. Choo, choo on the train - all the way to Nonna's. Whee! Ciao, Nonna! Ciao, Baby!
Author
Language
English
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Description
"From the author of the internationally bestselling A Man Called Ove, a charming, warmhearted novel about a young girl whose grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters, sending her on a journey that brings to life the world of her grandmother's fairy tales"--
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
"After 12-year-old Grace's mother's sudden death, Grace is forced to live with a grandmother she's never met. Then she discovers clues in a mysterious treasure hunt--one that will help her find her true home"--
Author
Language
English
Description
"Since she was nine, Alina Dziak knew she would marry her best friend, Tomasz. Now fifteen and engaged, Alina believes her neighbors and the Nazi soldiers at the Polish border pose no threat, and dreams of the day Tomasz returns from college in Warsaw. But little by little, the Nazi occupation takes hold and Alina's village is divided by fear and hate. Then Tomasz disappears. Alina once measured time between visits from her beloved; now she measures...
16) The stone wall
Author
Language
English
Description
"Anna is eager to begin a new chapter in her life as a Lancaster County tour guide in the picturesque area where her Plain grandmother once stayed. Anna wishes she could talk with her grandmother about those long-ago days, but the elderly woman suffers from Alzheimer's, and beyond a vague hint about an old stone wall, much about that time is a mystery. Thankfully, Martin Nolt, a handsome Mennonite, takes the young Beachy Amish woman under his wing...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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2023-2024 OBOB 3rd-5th Grade
American Library Association Youth Media Awards 2021
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month - Books for Middle Grade
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American Library Association Youth Media Awards 2021
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month - Books for Middle Grade
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Description
When Lily, her sister Sam, and their mother move in with her sick grandmother, Lily traps a tiger and makes a deal with him to heal Halmoni.
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Mimi is a writer and when she finds that some of her favorite words for natural things, such as wren, violet, and dandelion, are disappearing she appoints her granddaughter, Brooke, as the keeper of wild words, and shows her how to bring them to life by knowing, appreciating, and using the things they stand for.
19) Acting out
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 14
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Zoe is unhappy about leaving Hollywood to live with her cousin, Maggie, and grandmother, Dr. Mac, in Ambler, Pennsylvania, while her mother is away on a film shoot, but soon gets involved in a suspected case of antifreeze poisoning.
20) Thunder cake
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c1990
Language
English
Description
Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.
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