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Acclaimed author Norton Juster is the recipient of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Honors Award for The Hello, Goodbye Window. He is also a proud grandfather who pens a charming tale about a young child's imagination. A little girl visits Nanna and Poppy's house. Their kitchen window looks quite ordinary, but it's so much more!
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"It's an exciting day for Llama Llama: he's going to visit Gram and Grandpa Llama and spend the night. His first night away from home, and from Mama. But he makes sure to pack everything he needs. And there are so many fun things to do with Gram and Grandpa. It's not until he gets ready for bed that he realizes that he's forgotten something important. Fuzzy Llama. Fortunately, Grandpa Llama has a wonderful solution and soon Llama Llama is having sweet...
4) Pirate Pat
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EDC Pub
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2010.
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The first book in a series of 15 rhyming stories developed to help children learn to read. Each book is designed for an adult and child to read together and introduces new letters or reading patterns and reinforces material from previous books. Includes puzzles to reinforce new skills, and guidance notes on reading with children. In this story, Pirate Pat appears on a cold, dark night with a treasure map and proceeds to dig over Gran's objections....
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A self-confident and strong young girl recounts how she shares her eyes--and so much more--with her mother, her amah and her little sister.
"A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes and long lashes. She realizes that her eyes are like her mother's, her grandmother's, and her little sister's. They have eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea, crinkle into crescent moons, and are...
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"Ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his grandma's house. All she wants to do is to play Scabble, and eat cabbage soup. But there are two things Ben doesn't know about his grandma. She was once an international jewel thief, and all her life, she has been plotting to steal the crown jewels. And now she needs Ben's help ..." --
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When Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn't overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends for them never to return. Separated from her best friends, Raymie and Beverly, Louisiana struggles to oppose the winds of fate (and Granny)...
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Candlewick Press
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Merci Suárez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just how different. For starters, Merci has never been like the other kids at her private school in Florida, because she and her older brother, Roli, are scholarship students. They don't have a big house or a fancy boat, and they have to do extra community service to make up for their free tuition. So when bossy Edna Santos sets her sights on the new boy who happens to be...
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When Grandma comes to visit, and his parents leave them alone, the boy's grandmother encourages him to imitate a jaguar, until completely transformed they venture out into the night, exploring the world from a new perspective, and with a new freedom--until it is difficult to distinguish imagination from reality.
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Golden Books
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[2023]
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Celebrate all the wonderful things about grandmothers along with the American Girl characters Kaya, Josefina, Rebecca, Nanea, and Melody in this Little Golden Book! From teaching us traditions to comforting us and telling us stories, grandmothers do it all with love. This Little Golden Book about all the ways grandmothers show their love for their grandchildren is perfect for children ages 2 to 5 and American Girl fans of all ages. It features full-color...
15) If you miss me
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Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
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2021.
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In the summer Charlie and her grandmother dance in the light of the moon, and when Charlie returns to the city her grandmother assures her that when they are apart Charlie just needs to look at the moon, and they will be united together in its light, forever.
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Jack's Grandpa wears his slippers to the supermarket serves up Spam à la Custard for dinner and often doesn't remember Jack's name But he can still take to the skies in a speeding Spitfire and save the day An exquisite portrait of the bond between a small boy and his beloved Grandpa this book takes readers on an incredible journey with Spitfires over London and Great Escapes through the city in a high octane adventure full of comedy and heart. Illustrated...
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"Junie Kim just wants to fit in. So she keeps her head down and tries not to draw attention to herself. But when racist graffiti appears at her middle school, Junie must decide between staying silent or speaking out. Then Junie's history teacher assigns a project and Junie decides to interview her grandparents, learning about their unbelievable experiences as kids during the Korean War. Junie comes to admire her grandma's fierce determination to overcome...
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Roaring Brook Press
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2021.
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The late Civil Rights attorney and activist shares a poignant moment from her childhood beside her wise grandmother, who taught Roundtree the values of self-worth, strength and justice that inspired the co-author's boundary-breaking career.
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