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81) Drawn together
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy
82) Our favorite day
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Follows Papa and his granddaughter as they spend another Thursday together
86) Splash
Author
Series
Publisher
Simply Read Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
When Splash needs to learn how to be quiet, her grandfather takes her for swimming lessons
87) Devil's day
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the wink of an eye, as quick as a flea, / The Devil he jumped from me to thee. / And only when the Devil had gone, / Did I know that he and I'd been one ... Every autumn, John Pentecost returns to the farm where he grew up, to help gather the sheep down from the moors for the winter. Very little changes in the Endlands, but this year, his grandfather--the Gaffer--has died and John's new wife, Katherine, is accompanying him for the first time....
88) The Monster trap
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While visiting his grandfather, Paddy hears a story about monsters on the radio and is sure they are coming to the house to get him, but Pop has an idea sure to stop them--or is it?
89) Grandad's pride
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
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 to be themselves"--
90) Circus Mirandus
Author
Series
Circus Mirandus volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When he realizes that his grandfather's stories of an enchanted circus are true, Micah Tuttle sets out to find the mysterious Circus Mirandus--and to use its magic to save his grandfather's life"--
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Usha lives in a town where the sun hasn't shone for as long as anyone can remember. Only her grandfather remembers its brilliance and tells Usha stories about the time before other people took the sun away, building a wall to keep it all to themselves. So Usha decides to do something, and sets off in search of the sun. When at last Usha reaches the wall, she tries to kick it down, climb it, yell her way through it--but the bricks don't budge. It's...
92) Where are you?
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Harry and his grandfather go to the grocery store, Harry races off to follow the wonderful smells and gets lost
Author
Series
Ladybug Girl volume 9
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Lulu, who likes to dress in a ladybug costume, wants to learn everything when she visits the natural history museum with Grandpa, but as she moves from exhibit to exhibit, she discovers that sometimes you have to slow down to appreciate the wonder of what is around you
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Once, in a tiny village in India, there was a young boy who loved to paint. He lived with his grandfather, who taught him to paint with his fingers, to make paints from marigolds and brushes made from jasmine flowers. Sometimes, the village children would watch them painting together, and the boy's grandfather would invite them to join in. They didn't have much, but they had each other. After his grandfather dies, the boy notices a little box wrapped...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Miss Mackle's third graders share December holiday traditions --Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Three Kings Day, and Korean New Year-- with each other and with Harry's great grandfather, who has just moved to a nursing home
Author
Publisher
Running Press Kids, an imprint of Running Press Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Every morning is beautiful when Noah visits his Grandparents. When Grandpa and Noah wake up, they take off singing and hardly stop: walking the dog, splashing through puddles, and eating French toast with cinnamon. But one summer Grandpa seems to have forgotten how to do the things they love. Does he even know who Noah is? Grandma steps in energetically, filling in as best she can. But it is Noah who finds the way back to something he can share with...
99) Stardust
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A girl who is always outshone by her older sister is comforted by her grandfather, who reminds her that everything and everyone is made of stardust that shines in all different ways
100) SUNRISE BY THE SEA
Author
Series
Little Beach Street Bakery volume 4
Language
English
Description
Moving to a Cornish seaside village, hoping for peace and solitude, lonely registrar Marisa Rosso, feeling like life is passing her by, unexpectedly finds her joy again with the help of her noisy neighbor, the community spirit, and a campaign to save the local bakery
Moving to the tidal island of Mount Polbearne, a Cornish seaside village, hoping for peace and solitude, Marisa Rosso, feeling like life is passing her by. She is struggling to get over...
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