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Series
Fourteenth goldfish volume 1
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Ellie has never liked change. She misses fifth grade. She misses her old best friend. She even misses her dearly departed goldfish. Then one day a strange boy shows up. He's bossy. He's cranky. And weirdly enough . . . he looks a lot like Ellie's grandfather, a scientist who's always been slightly obsessed with immortality. Could this pimply boy really be Grandpa Melvin? Has he finally found the secret to eternal youth?
2) The runaways
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"Grandpa's in the hospital and hating it. He swears at the nurses and makes trouble for everyone. Dad finds it too stressful to visit, but Gottfried Junior visits Grandpa as often as he's allowed, and when he's not allowed, he goes anyway. Grandpa thinks only of the place he was happiest--the island where he lived with Grandma before she died. He wants to go back one last time, but they won't let him out of the hospital. Gottfried Junior and Grandpa...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Keet knows the only good thing about moving away from her Alabama home is that she'll live near her beloved grandfather. When Keet starts school, it's even worse than she expected, as the kids tease her about her southern accent. Now Keet, who can 'talk the whiskers off a catfish,' doesn't want to open her mouth. Slowly, though, while fishing with her grandfather, she learns the art of listening. Gradually, she makes her first new friend. But just...
4) Me with you
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A little girl describes her relationship with her beloved grandfather.
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Aston's graddad Harry plays the trumpet in a brass band, while Grandad Roy plays the steel drum in a steel band. But only one band can play at Aston's summer fair at school ... Which band should Aston choose? Or can he find a way to bring everyone together?"--P. [4] of cover.
11) In the red canoe
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In this rhyming picture book, a young girl describes the magical encounters with wildlife that she and her grandfather witness while out in the red canoe.
12) Heidi
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
Author
Series
Storm keeper's island volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fionn Boyle, terrified of the sea, must spend the summer with this older sister, Tara, and their grandfather on Arranmore, an island that has been known to make people disappear, and seems to be restless again.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Isaac is excited about having a sleepover at Grandpop's house, but he's a little nervous about being away from home for the first time. Luckily, his knowing Grandpop tells him it's not quite time to go to bed yet, first, he needs Isaac's help in putting the house to bed. Quietly and slowly, they move from room to room, turning out lights and pulling down shades, as Grandpop gently explains the nighttime sounds that Isaac finds unfamiliar. Now it's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Katrina Liu
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Mina has a brilliant idea for her puppy! Join Mina and her grandpa on a fun-filled day full of creativity and love as they team up to bring her idea to life! Written in Simplified Chinese, Pinyin, and English, this sweet story with vibrant illustrations is easy to follow. You little one will learn common conversational sentences in Chinese as well as new vocabulary. --Back cover.
17) Drawn together
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.
18) The yellow train
Author
Publisher
Creative Editions
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
A young boy takes an adventurous journey with his grandfather on the old train, recalling how it was used to explore and settle the Far West.
19) Arctic white
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A young girl looks around her home in the arctic and sees only white, white, white. But one day her grandfather takes her out on a journey across the tundra. And at the end of their cold walk, the dark opens up to show the Northern Lights dancing across the sky--blue, green, and purple"--
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 16
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
When Geronimo Stilton's grandfather, the founder of "The Rodent's Gazette," decides to write the first guide to a place so remote it attracts no tourists, he insists that Geronimo join him on an expedition there.
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