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1) The witches
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English
Description
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.
5) Ferris
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
During the summer before fifth grade, Ferris Wilkey has her hands full with her little sister terrorizing the town, her Aunt Shirley moving into their basement and her grandmother seeing a ghost--one who has wild, impractical and illuminating plans.
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Series
Language
English
Description
In 1937, during the Depression, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice, initially apprehensive about leaving Chicago to spend a year with her fearsome, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois, gradually begins to better understand and admire her grandmother's unusual qualities.
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English
Description
"Mama Shamsi is off to the market, and today, Samira gets to go with her! Samira loves spending time with her grandmother, and she especially loves her chador, which Mama Shamsi wraps around herself every time they leave the house. As the pair get closer and closer to the market, Samira is worried about getting lost in the crowded streets of Tehran, until she has an idea: She can hide under her grandmother's chador. But when Mama Shamsi says no--if...
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Series
Judy Moody volume 13
Language
English
Description
Discovering Grandma Lou's mysterious "bucket list" of things that she wants to do in her lifetime, Judy Moody is inspired to create a list of her own goals, from learning to do a cartwheel to visiting Antarctica.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
Ginger and Chrysanthemum are opposites, but they are cousins, as close as two peas in a pod. But planning Grandma's birthday together is a challenge. There are presents to buy, decorations to pick, and a cake to bake together. Is this a recipe for disaster?
15) Bob
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Visiting her grandmother in Australia, Livy, ten, is reminded of the promise she made five years before to Bob, a strange, green creature who cannot recall who or what he is.
16) A bindi can be
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In this lyrical picture book, a young girl learns how to make a bindi in the traditional way with the help of her Paati. Into the clay pot go the ingredients, such as turmeric and sandalwood powder. She stirs and stirs and stirs until ... like magic, the mixture transforms from yellow to bright red. When the girl wears her bindi, she discovers what it means to her -- how it keeps her calm and centered, and helps her see the world as one. From author...
17) The lucky stone
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Language
English
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Description
A lucky stone provides good fortune for its various owners.
Author
Publisher
Lantana Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Momo-la is a collector of unusual things. She rummages through her collection of stories whenever she comes to visit. When her grandchild asks where her stories come from, she takes them on a trip around museums of the city, pointing out that there are stories behind every work of art, every sculpture, every invention. But as the child sees exhibit after exhibit, they realize that each one reminds the of their Momo-la--the clothes she wears, the...
20) Candidly Cline
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Language
English
Description
Cline Alden's grandmother says that music is in the family's blood, but Cline's mother is dead-set against her daughter's dreams of becoming a country music singer; Cline is determined to find the money to attend a Young Singer-Songwriter Workshop in Lexington (not too far from her Paris, Kentucky home), so now she has a lot on her mind--she is hiding things from her mother, she is losing her beloved grandmother to Alzheimer's, and she has begun to...
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