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1) Heidi
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Heidi is sent from her happy mountain home to a big city where she can go to school and be a companion for Clara, a wealthy, gentle girl who cannot walk. But the goats and the Grandfather are Heidi's only happiness and when she returns home, Clara soon follows to find health in the clean Alpine air.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A grandfather and his grandson enjoy sharing knock-knock jokes, playing games, hot chocolate, watching movies, reading books, playing baseball, and just spending time together.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dozing off while contemplating Grandpa's unusual vacation, Kate dreams about Chewandswallow, where it snows popcorn and rains sandwiches and the fate of falling food intrigues her.
4) Quiet
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Two children and their grandfather discover that their observations of the busy world become richer as they sit quietly in the moment together.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A little boy builds a ship to honor his late grandfather and sets sail for the magical place where ocean meets sky from his grandfather's stories"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The greatest writer of his time."-Edmund Wilson
"One of the great poets of the novel, a genius of his art"-Edgar Johnson
"His characters are marvelous, his insights wonderful…you don't expect reality but you get something bigger and better."-Ruth Rendell
The Old Curiosity Shop was initially published in a weekly serial, "Master Humphrey's Clock", between 1840 and 1841. Charles Dickens' story of the frail and innocent orphan had become such...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Two children provide instructions how to properly read to a grandmother or a grandfather, including how to choose a good book, how to use different voices, and where to find the perfect place to cuddle up and read.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Life is meant to be savored, but that's not easy with no family, limited prospects and a past you'd rather not talk about. Still, Callie Smith doesn't know how to feel when she discovers she has a brother and a sister - Malcolm, who grew up with affection, wealth and privilege, and Keira, a streetwise twelve-year-old. Callie doesn't love being alone, but at least it's safe. Despite her trepidation, she moves into the grand family home with her siblings...
Author
Series
Junie B. Jones volume 6
Publisher
Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
85 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Junie B is very upset when a boy in her class plans to invite everyone except her to his birthday party, but her grandfather helps her deal with the situation.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Fionn Boyle, terrified of the sea, must spend the summer with his older sister, Tara, and their grandfather on Arranmore, an island that has been known to make people disappear, and seems to be restless again.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
On a mission to deliver newly contacted peculiar Noor Pradesh to an operative known only as V, Jacob and his friends work feverishly to decipher the prophecy with only a few bewildering clues to follow while pursued by dangerous enemies.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
After Charlie and his grandfather fix up a rusty old dump truck, they use Dumpy to help Trundle the tractor, Bee Bee the backhoe, and Stinky the garbage truck build a new barn.
16) Forever hidden
Author
Series
The treasures of Nome volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For Havyn Powell, growing up on her grandfather Chuck Bondrant's dairy outside the 1904 gold-rush boomtown of Nome, Alaska, offered all she needed. She had the love of her mother, two sisters, and grandfather. But now, at 23, Havyn realizes the stability of her life may soon vanish. Havyn is determined to find a way to keep the family together, but her grandfather's health is declining and everyone seems to be holding secrets from each other, including...
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
As Emma grieves the loss of her grandfather, she reflects on their shared love of birdwatching.
18) A map of days
Author
Series
Miss Peregrine's peculiar children volume 4
Publisher
Dutton Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Miss Peregrine, Emma and her peculiar friends are back in Florida with Jacob Portman. They discover a subterranean bunker that belonged to Jacob's grandfather, Abe. Clues to Abe's double life as a peculiar operative start to emerge, revealing secrets long hidden in plain sight. Jacob begins to learn about the dangerous legacy he has inherited - truths that were part of him long before he walked into Miss Peregrine's time loop.
19) Tin Lizzie
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Grandpa loves working on old cars, especially his Model T Ford, and he passes along to his grandchildren not only the history of automobiles and all of their benefits, but also his concerns about traffic, pollution, and the problems of relying on foreign oil.
Author
Language
English
Description
"In the wake of a shocking tragedy, Natalie Harper inherits her mother's charming, but financially strapped bookshop in San Francisco. She also becomes caretaker for her ailing grandfather Andrew, her only living relative--not counting her scoundrel father. But the gruff, deeply kind Andrew has begun displaying signs of decline. Natalie thinks it's best to move him to an assisted living facility to ensure the care he needs. To pay for it, she plans...