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62) You be Grandma
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Series
Lexile measure
AD 460L
Language
English
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"In this clever, rhyming picture book, a grandma tells her granddaughter that she's simply too tired to be Grandma tonight and asks her granddaughter to take over for her"--Jacket.
63) Marley's pride
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English
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"Marley is a little nonbinary kid with big anxieties. Crowds? Pass. Loud noises? No, thanks. When their Zaza is up for an award at Pride, they want to go to the parade for the first time with their beloved grandparent. But can Marley overcome their fears? Highlighting the joyful experiences of a queer family of color finding community at Pride, this story features endmatter about the history of Pride, a glossary of LGBTQ+ terms, and a list of resources."...
64) Gangsta granny
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
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Ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his grandma's house. All she wants to do is to play Scabble, and eat cabbage soup. But there are two things Ben doesn't know about his grandma. She was once an international jewel thief, and all her life, she has been plotting to steal the crown jewels. And now she needs Ben's help ...
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"They have a dog named Jake, a cat named Paws, a turtle, and a treehouse. Most of all, the girls next door have each other. But there is one thing that they don't have and it might be the most special thing of all! This heartwarming story emphasizes the bond between grandmothers and grandchildren. Nonna and the Girls Next Door is a charming picture book dotted with Italian cultural touchstones like the baking of biscotti. The universal experience...
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"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...
67) Genevieve's war
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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"In August 1939 Genevieve makes an impulsive decision not to get on the train to take her to the boat back to New York and must spend the duration of World War II with her grandmother in a small village in Alsace, France, where she becomes involved with the French resistance"--
68) Love is kind
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English
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Little Owl is on a quest to buy his grammy the perfect gift for her birthday -- a heart-shaped box of chocolates. But several things go wrong along the way. Will Little Owl discover the true meaning of love isn't found in a box...even one filled with chocolate?
69) Sugar and snails
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English
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"When the traditional 'sugar and spice' rhyme just doesn't seem to fit the boy and girl visiting their grandpa, he comes up with a list of unusual alternatives. Soon the children are coming up with their own versions that challenge the old stereotypes with a whimsical list of ingredients"--Amazon.com.
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
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...
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English
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Joshua and his grandfather love being together. More than anything else they love fishing. But Grandpa gets sick and is in the hospital a long time. When he gets out, he and Joshua share one more fishing adventure, and Grandpa promises Joshua that he will always be near. "Think of it this way," Grandpa says. "Today, you and I are like two fish swimming together in this lake. When I die, things will be different. I won't be a fish anymore, but I'll...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Leo's grandfather died a year ago, and ever since Leo has been tasked with tracking his grandmother down whenever she wanders away from their home in Allentown, Pennsylvania--but when she abruptly decides to take the trip to Utah that her husband was planning, Leo finds himself on the way to visit dinosaurs, in an old Buick with his grandmother, his seventeen-year-old cousin Abby, and Abby's old, smelly Golden retriever, Kermit, without telling his...
73) The train
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
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Description
"A fiction picture book about residential schools. Author Jodie Callaghan worked as a journalist at the time of the Canadian government's apology for the residential school system. She took inspiration for this book from her conversations with survivors--including her own grandmother's experience at Indian day school, and memories shared with her by a man she interviewed by the train tracks that transported children to residential school in Shubenacadie,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is 1969 in Spanish Harlem, and fourteen-year-old Evelyn Serrano is trying hard to break free from her conservative Puerto Rican surroundings, but when her activist grandmother comes to stay and the neighborhood protests start, things get a lot more complicated--and dangerous.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Varun is fascinated when he watches his sister's dancing class, where she learns bharatanatyam, a dance from India. He tries out some moves at home in secret since he is convinced dancing is not for boys. His grandfather tries to convince him otherwise.
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Series
Ming stories (Deirdre Sullivan) volume 2
Lexile measure
AD 410L
Language
English
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Description
"Ming and Poppy's journey takes them over sidewalk cracks and dancing shadows, past honking horns and crowded crosswalks. They greet old friends and make new ones, while sharing stories, secrets, and the sting of painful words"--
79) The grandpa book
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English
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Presents the different ways grandfathers show their grandchildren love, from putting extra marshmallows in hot chocolate to sending cards and telling stories.
80) Nikhil out loud
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"From the acclaimed actor and Stonewall Honor-winning author of The Best at It, Maulik Pancholy, comes a new middle grade novel about a gay Indian American boy who learns the power of using his voice. Thirteen-year-old Nikhil Shah is the beloved voice actor for Raj Reddy on the hit animated series Raj Reddy in Outer Space. But being a star on TV doesn't mean you have everything figured out behind the scenes. . . . When his mom temporarily moves them...
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