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Jake
by Audrey Couloumbis
Ages 9 - 12
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It's a few days before Christmas when ten-year-old Jake's mom breaks her leg, ending up in the hospital. For as long as Jake can remember, it's been just him and his mom. So with no one else to look after him, the hospital contacts the gruff granddad that Jake only knows through awkward once-a-year phone calls.
My Abuelita
by Tony Johnston
Ages 4 - 8
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With great gusto, a child's grandmother performs deep knee bends, consumes a breakfast of "huevos estrellados," and practices vocal exercises before going to work as a storyteller.
I call my grandpa Papa
by Ashley Wolff
Ages 4 - 8
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What do you call your Grandpa? Every culture has a different name. You can discover all sorts of names for your Granddad.
The truly terribly horrible sweater-- that Grandma knit
by Debbie Macomber & Mary Lou Carney
Ages 4 - 8
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Cameron hates the sweater that his grandmother knit for his birthday, until she visits and tells him the special meaning behind its design.
Bartleby speaks!
by Robin Cruise; pictures by Kevin Hawkes
Ages 4 - 8
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Exuberant art perfectly captures the hilarious antics of this boisterous family as it learns a lesson from its youngest member and discovers the joys that can be experienced by the simple act of listening.
A song for Lena
by Hilary Horder Hippely
Ages 4 - 8
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When Lena asks her grandmother why she always hums the same tune when she makes apple strudel, Grandma tells Lena a story from her childhood days in Hungary.
Again!
by John Prater
Ages 3 - 7
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Once is never enough when Baby Bear plays games with his grandfather, Grandbear. They build a tower with colored blocks, and Baby Bear knocks it down with a crash, then says, "Again!"
Kids and Grandparents: An Activity Book
written by Ann Love & Jane Drake
Ages 9 - 12
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Got the grandkids for the weekend? Try out this one!
The giant hug
by Sandra Horning
Ages 4 - 8
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Owen sends his granny a hug through the mail. The hug travels across the country in a series of hilarious, sometimes awkward, always heartfelt embraces between animals of different shapes and sizes.
Way far away on a wild safari
by Jan Peck
Ages 4 - 8
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With the use of a child's imagination, a grandmother's kitchen transforms into the African terrain, and freshly baked cookies come alive to form different animals of the savanna.
