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Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In 1964, when Jaime Sonoro, Mexico's most renowned actor and singer, discovers a book telling of the multitude of horrific crimes committed by his ancestors, he must pay for their crimes unless he can uncover the truth about his grandfather, the legendary bandido El Tragabalas, The Bullet Swallower"--
2) Scroll
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After learning how to draw Chinese characters, Lulu and her dog Dumpling step into a magical world where the characters come to life.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's thirty years from now. We're making progress, mitigating climate change, slowly but surely. But what about all the angry old people who can't let go? For young Americans a generation from now, climate change isn't controversial. It's just an overwhelming fact of life. And so are the great efforts to contain and mitigate it. Entire cities are being moved inland from the rising seas. Vast clean-energy projects are springing up everywhere. Disaster...
7) High and dry
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In this illustrated early chapter book, a young boy and his grandfather work together to save a beached orca."--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
From NBA All-Star Chris Paul comes an inspirational and uplifting picture book about chasing your basketball dreams and the lessons he learned both on and off the court from his beloved grandfather Papa Chilly. Growing up, young Chris Paul dreamed of playing professional basketball. But he knew it would take more than dedication and practice, so Chris looked to his grandfather Papa Chilly as a shining example of the values he could apply both in basketball...
10) Let's play jegi
Author
Publisher
Brown Books Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When Dongje finds his friends playing jegi without him, he confronts Han, the jegi champion of Yonggol, only to find out that they don't want to play with him because he's the worst player. But after Dongje's grandpa gives him a colorful jegi made out of feathers, he is shocked at how easily he picks up the game!
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Six-year-old Gracie Lynn is perpetually curious and big-hearted. Convinced she knows how to save her beloved grandfather John from the 'worm' that is eating his brain—a metaphor her mother once used to explain John's dementia and sundown syndrome—she helps him break out of his nursing home, and the two disappear together on a quest to chase the sun. But what's an adventure for Gracie is a nightmare scenario for her estranged parents, LeeAnn and...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition
Language
English
Description
"As he works with his young granddaughter to nurture a potted sapling, a Latino landscaper shares his love and admiration of trees. From the extraordinary rainbow gum tree to the mighty, towering redwood, each of the thirteen specimens he tells of is a miracle of the natural world—and some are strange beyond the wildest imagining....[This book is] a portrait of some of the world’s most incredible trees, seen through the eyes of a landscaper who...
13) 100 chapatis
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"'When will the baby come?' Simon asks his pappa. Knowing how hard it is to wait and how much it helps to keep busy, Pappa starts Simon on a project of making one hundred chapatis, meant to be ready when mom and dad and the new baby come home. They measure the ingredients, knead and roll the dough, and then drop them one by one into a giant frying pan. Simon continues to be anxious. "Will the baby eat all my chapatis?" But it's not long before he...
Author
Publisher
Paw Prints Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
Max y su osito de peluche, Teddy, viven con su abuelo. A pesar de lo bien que se lo pasan con Abuelito (coloreando, haciendo rompecabezas, jugando en el parque) echan de menos a su mamá, que se marchó de repente. ¿Les ayudará escribirle una carta a mamá?
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"It looked just like a regular stone, but Alice knew it was different: It was perfectly round so you could use it to trace circles, and sometimes she could trick her dad into thinking it was a quarter. It was also how Alice remembered her grandpa, who taught her how to skip stones, and who passed away last winter. Alice brings the stone to school for Show and Share, but when her classmate asks to see it again at recess, Alice discovers that the stone...
16) Food for thought
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Ohayo! It's breakfast time and Gigi can't wait to make her favorite meal--Peanut Butter Toast. Yummy! But Ojiji doesn't like peanut butter. How can anyone NOT like peanut butter? Ojiji prefers Japanese foods--like natto, made from fermented soybeans. Will Gigi learn to love a new breakfast treat? This story highlights the close relationship of Gigi and her grandfather and the importance of trying new things!"--
Author
Publisher
David Suzuki Institute
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"It's time for the twins to go on a nature expedition with Bompa. What marvelous place will they explore this time? Tidepools at the sea? The pond full of frogs' eggs? Maybe deep in the forest? But to their disappointment, they are just exploring outside the door. Yet, as they begin to search for insects, they find world-champion flyers, eaters, and weightlifters. And more tiny surprises at every turn! With their Bompa at their side, they find a...
18) Grandad's pride
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
[First U.S. edition].
Language
English
Description
"After Milly discovers a pride flag in Grandad's attic, this adorable pair are motivated by the past to start a pride parade in their small town. Activism and celebration go hand in hand as the town gathers to help build a world where everyone is proud tobe themselves"--
19) The blue pickup
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"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 torestore the memory of the blue pickup and to create new stories along the way"--
Author
Publisher
All Night Books, an imprint of Easton Studio Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Hardcover.
Language
English
Description
"Becoming Forest opens with Aishling - the young Irish woman at the heart of this story - as she visits her grandmother in California following her grandfather's death. Aishling finds her grandfather's journal and reads about a trip he made to India years ago to visit the Bodhi Tree, where the Buddha found enlightenment. In the journal, she discovers a letter addressed to her from her grandfather asking for her help passing along his message of "deep...
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