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The Stories of Cindy Suzer: Cindy Suzer and Grandma's Prayer is the story of a little girl who gets to spend some time with Grandma and Grandpa while Daddy and Mommy are away on a trip. She learns a valuable lesson about the power of prayer and God's ability to heal.
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A Louisa May Alcott Book Bundle. This collection includes a linked table of contents with the following books, • Little Women • Little Men • Jo's Boys, plus 3 Bonus Books by Louisa May Alcott, • Eight Cousins • A Modern Cinderella • Flower Fables. This Little Women Collection contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions.
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Hop into the back seat with Kay on her family's road trip from the mountains of Colorado to the farms of Iowa. Sometimes the back seat is unfair and the road is long, but plenty of fun and adventure awaits at Grandma's house! Going back home feels sad, but it's Kay's memories and a special gift from Grandma that make the drive home easier.
85) Avram's Gift
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The author's story behind the story: It all started with a smile. Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) had arrived and my great-uncle Morris had come over for lunch to celebrate. In addition to talking and eating, I hoped that this would also be a day for reminiscing, for I'd always wanted to know about the man in the portrait that had been hanging in the hallway for years. "Who was that man and what was he like?" I asked as my great-uncle brought...
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Grandfather Knows. about the Sun, is an exciting opportunity to expand on your childs curiosity about the world around them in an entertaining way. The value of knowledge gained and shared by older family members, such as Grandfather, shows the respect children should have and reflect as they grow. The inspiration and main character, Grandfather, was based on John Noga, a great story teller to his grandchildren who loved and admired him. His granddaughter,...
87) Grandfathers
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Text and photographs present grandfathers and how they interact with their families.
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What happens if you're not perfect? When the Tree was small, a windstorm almost ended her life. Although rescued, she was badly scarred, marking her for removal. When 10yearold Dolores was small, she was left in a foreign orphanage. Even after her father found her, he abandoned her with her grandparents, who are too old to take care of her. Scar and Lolo live precariously in a Canyon Garden, inhabited by magical creatures: some friend, some foe. When...
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A Visit with Two Grandmothers is a heartwarming story of a young girl who travels halfway around the world and experiences two very opposite cultures. She visits her two very different grandmothers and learns many different things from them. She realizes how lucky she is to have this opportunity and finds out how similar yet different each culture is.
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Going for a Walk with Papa: Story of Houses is an idea created from love. This book is dedicated to my two beautiful granddaughters, Addison and Ella. Every time I visit with them, we always read books and go for walks together. We see so many wonderful things, flowers, trees, clouds, birds and planes. So many beautiful things to view, learn, and talk about.
91) Me in the Middle
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One day Isabel finds a box in her mother's closet and, inside, a photograph of a girl dressed in old-fashioned clothes. Ten-year-old Bel is enchanted to discover that the girl is her great-grandmother Beatrice, her Bisa Bea, and that she and her great-grandmother look very much alike. Bel convinces her mother to let her borrow the treasured photo promising to look after it carefully. To her dismay, by the time she returns home from school, the picture...
92) Grandma's Room
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Sandra lives with her dad and grandma. In this fictional narrative, explanatory text and key ideas will help readers follow along as Sandra learns about her grandmother's life. Bright illustrations will help readers learn the importance of listening and being respectful to one's elders. This fiction title is paired with the nonfiction title I Live with My Grandma and Grandpa.
94) Grandma's Love
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Take a trip with Addie down memory lane to capture a glimpse of frequent weekend stays with one of the family's unsung heroines in Grandma's Love.
Through the eyes of her granddaughter Addie, observe the beauty and inhale the sweet aroma of this vital relationship in this close-knit family unit and the powerful influence of a grandmother's love.
As you read this story with your little ones, may it not only spawn fond memories from your own childhood...
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The Abuelo Books were written as a companion book to The Yaya Books. Just as The Yaya Books describes the loving relationship that the little boy shares with his grandmother, The Abuelo Books shows the love and respect that the little boy also shares with his grandfather.
In Book 1, "My Abuelo's Country Store," the readers are given a glimpse of the way of life of the little boy's grandfather as the little boy tells about how he helps his grandfather...
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"When I wake up in the morning, the first things I see are Mommy's arms, open wide, to give a hug to me. Take one mom with two arms, add a young child who dreams of a Mommy with more, and you have a captivating tale of fun! Like many moms, she juggles caring for her little one while working from home all at the same time. My Mommy the Octopus is a heartwarming story told from the eyes of a child who dreams of a mother with more arms to play--but then...
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IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Elmer is on his way to visit his Grandpa Eldo. He has great fun reminding Eldo of all the things they used to do together, but is Eldo quite as forgetful as Elmer thinks? He may be old but he is an elephant, after all, and elephants never forget. Do they?
98) Way Back When
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When Ethan has to interview his grandfather for a school project, he learns what kinds of things children did for fun in the past. As his grandfather recounts what sports, games, and books he liked as a child, Ethan finds out what sort of things are similar and different between childhood of today and childhood of years past. Even though many things are different today, such as television and computers, Ethan learns that there are many things that...
99) In the Buff
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After a big fight with his wife, Rupert's grandfather, known to everyone as Gump, packs up and moves into Gentle Breezes Nudist Community for Active Seniors.
Thirteen-year-old Rupert is sent in to talk some sense into him. While he's there, Rupert accidentally lets Gump's dog, Wayne, escape. Gump is frantic. Wayne is blind and tends to panic. Rupert and his grandfather set out to search the woods, and soon they are lost too. Aside from an apron,...
100) How to be true
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With her activist parents off fighting for good causes, Edie Berger is sent off to boarding school by her strict grandmother, Odette, and gets a chance to visit Paris, where she has a series of madcap adventures while trying to figure out her place and purpose in the world.
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