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English
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While her grandmother was alive, Emma's world was filled with enchantment. But now Gram is gone, and suddenly strange spots are appearing on Emma's skin. Soon, shes diagnosed with vitiligo-a condition that makes patches of her skin lose their color-and the magic in her world is suddenly replaced with school bullies and doctor appointments. But when Emma writes one last story in the journal she shared with Gram, something strange happens. Someone...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
AD 320L
Language
English
Description
"It's an exciting day for Llama Llama; he's going to visit Gram and Grandpa Llama and spend the night His first night away from home .and from Mama. But he makes sure to pack everything he needs. And there are so many fun things to do with Gram and Grandpa. It's not until he gets ready for bed that he realizes that he's forgotten something important. Fuzzy Llama. Fortunately, Grandpa Llama has a wonderful solution and soon Llama Llama is having sweet...
Author
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
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When Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn't overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends for them never to return. Separated from her best friends, Raymie and Beverly, Louisiana struggles to oppose the winds of fate (and Granny)...
5) Heidi
Author
Lexile measure
AD 650L
Language
English
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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. Includes illustrated notes throughout the text explaining the historical background of the story.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
When Grandma comes to visit, and his parents leave them alone, the boy's grandmother encourages him to imitate a jaguar, until completely transformed they venture out into the night, exploring the world from a new perspective, and with a new freedom--until it is difficult to distinguish imagination from reality.
Author
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
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In this You Choose adventure, Rapunzel can be a lonely high school student, hoping to escape her grandmother's apartment to audition for the school musical; a professional gamer, isolated and at the mercy of her overbearing manager; or the adopted daughter of Dame Gothel, rumored to be a witch--the reader decides which plot to pursue.
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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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...
11) Love, Lah Lah
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"A girl and her grandpa enjoy Carnival together"--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A tale based on true events follows the coming-of-age of a girl who is motivated by an act of racism at school to learn about her ancestral heritage and her grandparents' experiences as lost children during the Korean War.
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
From her apartment high in the city, Ruby begins a correspondence with grampa, far away in his forest home. Told entirely in letter form and woven around the ancient rhyme of the magpies, Laurence Anholt's story is about youth and old age, sunshine and snow, sorrow and joy, and birth and death.
14) Words between us
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
When Felix's grandmother comes from Vietnam to stay with his family in the United States, Felix realizes that he can help Grandma by teaching her English.
Author
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 520L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's granny's birthday, but her little granddaughter wonders why, because of the lines on her face, she looks so worried! But they are simply wrinkles, and grandma is very fond of her lines because they are where she keeps her memories."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 600L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A debut picture book about a little girl who connects to her Vietnamese heritage when she accidentally rips her late grandmother's áo dái.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
AD 710L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Grandpa Joe brings his grandson, Timmy, back to the site of the family farm. The visit brings back many memories, which Grandpa Joe shares with Timmy. His fondest memory, however, is of his father's red tractor.
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2020.
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
George loves bugs. Big ones, leggy ones, ones that glow. So he decides to become the world's best collector. But fabulous creatures aren't meant for a life in a bottle.
20) Rain
Author
Publisher
Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
It's raining, but one little boy can't wait to go outside for an adventure with his granddad.