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1) Heidi
Author
Language
English
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. Includes illustrated notes throughout the text explaining the historical backround of the story.
3) Indian shoes
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Together with Grampa, Ray Halfmoon, a Seminole-Cherokee boy, finds creative and amusing solutions to life's challenges.
Author
Publication Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twins Harley and Rhiannon Hummingbird travel from their Oklahoma home to their grandparents' new cabin in northern Wisconsin where they not only learn about the best techniques in having a successful day fishing, but also about teamwork and persistence.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Publication Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
11 year-old Milton Adams is growing up in an uncertain world full of bullies. With his parents constantly stressing about their careers and finances, and the neighborhood bully tormenting him, Milton's world is in crisis. But when his Grandpa comes to visit, he discovers worrying about the future only make things worse.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Publication Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Describes different things grandfathers might do, from working to playing with their grandchildren. Includes a glossary, resources for further information, and color photographs.
7) The Wanderer
Author
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Sophie and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard the Wanderer, a forty-five foot sailboat, which, along with uncles and another cousin, is en route to visit their grandfather in England.
8) Past crimes
Author
Publication Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
Van Shaw was raised to be a thief, but at eighteen he suddenly broke all ties to that life and joined the military -- abandoning his illicit past and the career-criminal grandfather who taught him the trade. Now, after ten years of silence, his grandfather has asked him to come home to Seattle. But when Van arrives, he discovers his grandfather bleeding out on the floor from a gunshot to the head. With a lifetime of tough history between him and the...
11) Hour of the bees
Author
Publication Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
At first, twelve-year-old Carol is not happy to be spending the summer helping her parents move her grandfather to an assisted living home, but as the summer wears on, she finds herself drawn to him, fascinated by his amazing stories.
12) Quiet
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
While observing the busy world around them, two children and their grandfather take a moment to appreciate being quiet and still.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Mae Townsend has always dreamed of connecting with her estranged Black family in the South. She grew up picturing relatives who looked like her, crowded dinner tables, bustling kitchens. And, of course, the Townsend family barbecue, the tradition that kept her late father flying to North Carolina year after year, despite the mysterious rift that always required her to stay behind. But as Mae's wedding draws closer, promising a future of always standing...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Explores some of the many and varied ways a grandfather can express his love, even without saying the words, such as by sharing his coin collection, holding hands when crossing the street, and attending tea parties.
16) As good as gone
Author
Publication Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Calvin Sidey is a cowboy of the old-school, no-guff sort--steely, hardened, with his own personal code. It's the 1960s, and he's living off the grid in a stifling trailer on the prairie when his adult son, Bill, seeks his help. A mostly absentee father, and a virtual no-show as a grandfather, Calvin nevertheless reluctantly agrees to stay with his grandchildren for a week. He decamps for his son's dark and musty basement, to the small town where...
17) Stand by me
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Romantic Christian women's fiction by acclaimed author Pat Simmons explores faith and love. Kym Knicely thought her days as a caregiver were over. But once she starts falling for family man Chaz Banks, caregiver to his seven year-old autistic granddaughter, Kym will need to make some sacrifices to get the family she always wanted"-- Provided by publisher.
18) Grandpa's angel
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
An elderly man shares his life story with his grandson, complete with long, dangerous walks to school, war, love and marriage, and a very special protector.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown/Warner Books
Publication Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kate has always adored her grandpa's storytelling - but lately he's been repeating the same stories again and again.One day he even forgets Kate's name. Her mother's patient explanations open Kate's eyes to what so many of the elderly must confront: Alzheimer's disease and other forms of memory loss. With special insight derived from her own father's struggle with Alzheimer's, Maria Shriver offers a touching and optimistic story that encourages awareness,...









