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"Becca loves spending time with Grandma. Whether they are beading moccasins, dancing like the most beautiful butterflies, or practicing basketball together; Becca knows that, more than anything, she wants to be just like Grandma. And as the two share their favorite activities, Becca discovers something surprising about Grandma."--
84) Gangsta granny
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Ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his grandma's house. She's the boringest grandma ever: all she wants to do is to play Scrabble, and eat cabbage soup. But there are two things Ben doesn't know about his grandma. 1) She was once an international jewel thief. 2) All her life, she has been plotting to steal the Crown Jewels, and now she needs Ben's help.
85) Sun
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"It's the hottest day of the year, hotter than broccoli soup, hotter than the Atacama Desert, hotter than the surface of the sun. It's just the right kind of day for a boy and his grandad to go for a picnic. But as the sun beats down, Grandad keeps having to stop for a rest, and by the time they find the perfect picnic spot, some pirates have beaten them to it. Good job they have enough food to share!" --From the publisher.
86) Rain
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Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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It's raining, but one little boy can't wait to go outside for an adventure with his granddad.
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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.
88) Witch Hazel
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"A girl is transformed by the magical power of stories through the shared memories of her grandmother Hazel"--
89) Throwback
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Throwback volume 1
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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When Corey learns that he has the ability to save lives while time traveling, he is determined to go back in time to save his grandmother who died on September 11, 2001.
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Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Clara spends her summer visiting her grandma and cousin on Standing Rock reservation, where Clara and her family set up the ancestral tipi and grow closer together as they tell stories, sing songs, and learn about their Lakota roots.
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Little, Brown and Company
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2023.
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Corina's Abuela helps her select flowers that mean something to Corina from the garden for her Mexican flower crown that she will wear on her birthday, and explains the symbolic meaning of a birthday crown.
92) Snow
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Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press
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2015.
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A little boy, desperate to be first out in the snow, has one obstacle in his way, his slow-moving grandfather.
93) Spicy spicy hot!
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Little, Brown and Company
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2023.
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Lintang is determined to embrace the spice of sambal in order to connect with her Indonesian grandmother and heritage.
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"A day in Chinatown takes an unexpected turn when a bored little girl makes a connection with her grandpa. May isn't having fun on her trip through Chinatown with her grandfather. Gong Gong doesn't speak much English, and May can't understand Chinese. She's hungry, and bored with Gong Gong's errands. Plus, it seems like Gong Gong's friends are making fun of her! But just when May can't take any more, Gong Gong surprises her with a gift that reveals...
96) Gaga mistake day
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A girl and her eccentric grandmother spend a day being silly together.
97) I hop
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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A boy rides a pogo stick to a visit with Grandma.
98) The walk
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Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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As a little girl accompanies her grandma on a walk to the polling station, members of their community join and the grandmother explains the importance of their journey.
99) Giant island
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Flashlight Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Under Grandpa's watchful eye, the kids are thrilled to discover that the craggy rocks, tufted grass, and windswept trees on Giant Island are much more than they seem. Are the children the first to fathom this huge secret, or does Grandpa have a secret of his own?"--
100) Just like Jackie
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Fifth grader Robbie is determined to stay out of trouble so that she does not worry her grandfather whose memory is failing and to make sure that she and her grandfather stay together as he is the only family she has left.
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