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Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
"A mainstream magical realism novel set in the Caribbean on the fictional island of Dolorosse. It tells the story of a 50-something grandmother whose mother disappeared when she was a teenager and whose father has just passed away as she begins menopause. With this physical change of life comes a return of a special power for finding lost things, something she hasn't been able to do since childhood"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Dora the explorer volume 28
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Dora shares why her grandma is so special to her, and how she has learned so much from Abuela, including how to be an explorer!
64) A long way
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
After a gift for her grandma arrives in the mail, a girl delivers the present, transforming the box it came in into a variety of forms of transport along the way.
Author
Series
Fly Guy volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
After accidentally swallowing her grandson's pet fly, Grandma tries to retrieve it by consuming progressively larger animals.
Author
Series
Lulu (Hilary McKay) volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"When a mysterious bag is left on Lulu's doorstep, the last thing her grandmother expects to be in it is a cat--a huge, neon orange cat. But Lulu knows this cat doesn't mean any harm and in fact it needs a lovely new home"--
69) Little Chef
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In honor of the special day, Lizzie wakes up super early, as any good chef should, to prepare the perfect meal for her grandmother, whom Lizzie lauds as the greatest chef in the world.
73) Mice and beans
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In this rhythmic cumulative tale Rosa Maria spends the week getting ready for her granddaughter's birthday party and trying to avoid attracting mice--unaware that the mice in her walls are preparing for a party of their own.
74) The long love
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Escaping her family and the man she was once betrothed to, Zeena and the man she loves, British Officer Alan Lyall, set off on a voyage from India to the grey clouds of Scotland. Carrying Alan's child, Zeena must learn to adjust to her new life and forget the threats made against her.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
After his teacher says that anything can be in an art exhibition, and his fellow students give myriad reasons why something might belong in a museum, a child offers his special grandmother as an exhibit but when the curator cites a rule against accepting grandmas, the child has a better idea.
76) Grama's hug
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
May and her grandmother are a team, especially in anything related to science and flight, but when May becomes the first child astronaut, Grama fears she will leave Earth without a goodbye hug.
77) Grandma's gloves
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When her grandmother, a devoted gardener, dies, a little girl inherits her gardening gloves and feels closer to her memory.
79) Sitti's secrets
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
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Description
A young girl describes a visit to see her grandmother in a Palestinian village on the West Bank.
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