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181) All around us
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Finding circles everywhere, a grandfather and his granddaughter meditate on the cycles of life and nature.
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2020.]
Language
English
Description
"The artist Agnes Martin was born on the Canadian prairies in the early twentieth century. In this imagining of her childhood from acclaimed author Tessa McWatt, Agnes spends her days surrounded by wheat fields, where her grandfather encourages her to draw what she sees and feels. One day, Agnes's family moves to a house in a big city. The birds, straight horizon and wheat fields are gone, but Agnes continues to draw what she sees and feels around...
183) Un preg?n de frutas
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Multiple
Description
From Pura Belpr? Award-winning author Margarita Engle comes a lively, rhythmic picture book about a little girl visiting her grandfather who is a pregonero-a singing street vendor in Cuba-and helping him sell his frutas. When we visit mi abuelo, I help him sell frutas, singing the names of each fruit as we walk, our footsteps like drumbeats, our hands like maracas, shaking... The little girl loves visiting her grandfather in Cuba and singing his...
184) Mexikid: en español
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Spanish edition.
Language
Español
Description
Summary in Spanish.
"Unas memorias gráficas conmovedoras, hilarantes e inolvidables sobre la familia de un niño mexicano-estadounidense y su viaje lleno de aventuras para traer a su abuelo de regreso de México para vivir con ellos." --Translated using onling translation tool.
"A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy's family and their adventure-filled road trip to bring their abuelito back from Mexico...
186) Wild
Author
Publisher
Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First US edition.
Language
English
Description
"A boy and his granddad are taking care of someone’s cat for the day. The boy does lots of reading up about what cats like, but this cat doesn’t seem to like anything! And then it runs off into the wild, leading them to a jungle adventure of their own." --publisher's website
Author
Series
Astrotwins volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Mark Kelly and his twin brother are back for more outer space adventure, this time fixing up an abandoned Apollo command module and taking off to rescue a Russian cosmonaut who is stranded in space"--
Author
Series
Calpurnia Tate volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.
189) Hey Grandude!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
Grandude brightens a dreary weekend for his visiting grandchildren, Lucy, Tom, Em, and Bob, by using his magic compass and postcards to take them on adventures around the world.
190) Patience, Miyuki
Author
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
English edition, First edition.
Language
English
Description
When Spring arrives, Miyuki rouses her grandfather to greet the flowers in their garden, then embarks on a journey seeking pure water to awaken the one flower still sleeping.
191) 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"--
193) Beneath
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Finn is in a bad mood, so his grandfather takes him on a walk in the forest, and tells him about all the things that are beneath the surface of plants and animals--and even people.
Author
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"When a young boy's grandfather dies suddenly, he feels overwhelmed and confused. They will never see each other again. To his delight, they meet again in a dream, where his grandfather takes him to Transfer City, where our departed loved ones live on through our memories. In this modern, Eastern telling of the afterlife, death is not an ending, but a new start to life, just like the Immortal Jellyfish which is constantly maturing and then regressing,...
Author
Series
Sk'ad'a stories volume 1
Publisher
HighWater Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Based on Haida artist Robert Davidson's own experiences with Tsinii (his grandfather), this tender story highlights intergenerational knowledge and authentic learning experiences.
Off the northern tip of Haida Gwaii, a boy goes fishing with Tsinii, his grandfather. As they watch the weather, jig for halibut, and row with the tides, the boy realizes there's more to learn from Tsinii than how to catch a fish.
Written by the creators of Potlatch as...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Peter and his best friend, Tommy, have a goal for their last summer before middle school: finish their Discovery Journal, a catalog of the wildlife around their Florida town. When they spot a manatee in a canal, Peter knows they've found something special--and when the manatee is injured by a boat, something to protect! As Peter joins the fight to save Florida manatees, he also finds himself taking care of his ailing grandfather and facing an unwelcome...
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...
199) Monstrous devices
Author
Series
Monstrous devices volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Alex, nearly thirteen, flees with his grandfather across snowy Europe to escape the human and mechanical assassins that pursue them, trying to retrieve a powerful object.
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"Raised by a single mother in Miami, Florida, Jenry Castillo, newly arrived at Brown University on a music scholarship, finds himself searching for information about his late father Jasper Patterson, an internationally recognized principal ballet dancer who died tragically when Jenry was two. Jenry thinks his estranged grandfather, Winston Patterson, a professor of African American history at Brown and a titan in his field, might have the answers...
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