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Keeping Quilt
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Patricia Polacco (Illustrator)
When Patricia's Great-Gramma Anna came to America as a child, the only things she brought along from Russia were her dress and the babushka she liked to throw up into the air when she was dancing. Soon enough, though, Anna outgrew the dress and her mother decided to incorporate it and the babushka into a quilt. "It will be like having a family in ...
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Dicey's Song
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Cynthia Voigt
Dicey Tillerman is growing up. She is having to adjust to ordinary life in school and at home. She must deal with grief at the discovery of her mother's whereabouts and death, endless worrying about her family, burgeoning adolescence, and her all-encompassing desire to build and sail boats.
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Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories
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Richard Peck
Each year, city kids Joey and Mary Alice travel from their home in Chicago to spend part of the summer with their grandmother in rural Illinois. In eight short stories, one for each visit, Joey and Mary Alice come to appreciate their rather wily grandmother and life in a small town.
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Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind
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Suzanne Fisher Staples
This novel set in the Cholistan Desert of Pakistan features Shabanu, an 11-year-old girl who is the youngest member of her family. Shabanu and her sister, Phulan, have already been promised in marriage to two brothers, and although Shabanu knows it is her familial duty to marry, she doesn't want to give up her freedom and her work tending her ...
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A Year Down Yonder
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Richard Peck
It is Autumn, 1937, and although the Depression has lifted, Mary Alice must leave Chicago to live with her Grandma Dowdel. Because her brother has grown up and left home, Alice is alone with her grandmother but, despite feeling homesick, she soon finds she has much in common with the old lady.
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War with Grandpa
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Robert Kimmel Smith
Peter is thrilled that Grandpa is coming to live with his family. That is, until Grandpa moves right into Peter's room, forcing him upstairs. Peter loves Grandpa but wants his room back and has no choice except to declare war!
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All the Places to Love
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Patricia MacLachlan
Within the sanctuary of a loving family, baby Eli is born and, as he grows, "learns to cherish the people and places around him, eventualy passing on what he has discovered to his new baby sister, Sylvie: 'All the places to love are here . . . no matter where you may live.' This loving book will be something to treasure."'BL."The quiet narrative ...
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Ramona Forever
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Beverly Cleary
"Ramona's World", the latest of the "Ramona Series" to be published, has already sold over 100,000 copies in hardback in the USA. Its sales in the USA are second only to "Harry Potter". In this seventh book in the series, Ramona finds everything around her is changing. Howie's mysterious uncle arrives from Saudi Arabia, and Ramona's mother and ...
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Grass Dancer
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Susan Power
Set on a North Dakota reservation, inter-connected stories are related of Sioux men and women from 1876 to the early 1980s. Each generation has to deal with pressures from the past even to the extent of inheriting magical powers; characters seem inhabited by ancient wisdom and weaknesses.
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The Big Field
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Mike Lupica
The author of the #1 "New York Times" bestseller "Heat" returns to America's favorite pastime of baseball and delivers a feel-good story that shows how love of the game is a common language fathers and sons speak.
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Glory Field
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Walter Dean Myers
Two hundred and fifty years in the life of an African-American family, from the slavery era up to the present. The story begins when 11-year-old Muhammad Bilal is kidnapped from his home in West Africa, transported to the U.S. on a slave ship, and sold to the owner of a planation in South Carolina. In the generations that follow, Muhammad's ...
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Thunder Cake
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Patricia Polacco
When the air gets heavy and dark clouds drift low over the fields of Grandma's farm, her frightened granddaughter hides under the bed. But Grandma insists that this is Thunder Cake baking weather and the two are soon scrambling to gather the ingredients to make the cake--and get it into the oven before the storm arrives. Full color.
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A Chair for My Mother
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Vera B Williams (Illustrator)
Daughter, mother and grandmother all share t he dream of saving enough coins to buy a new chair to replac e the one that burned up during a disastrous housefire '
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Annie and the Old One
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Miska Miles
A young Navajo girl must deal with the fact that her beloved grandmother is dying. Is there any way that Annie can prevent her grandmother's death? Illustrated with color drawings.
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Corner of the Universe
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Ann Matthews Martin
Set in the summer of 1960, this is the story of 12-year-old Hattie Owen and the relationship she forges with her mentally ill Uncle Adam. Up until this summer, Hattie has never even known that Uncle Adam existed, because he has been living at a special school in Chicago. When that school closes, Uncle Adam moves in with Hattie and her parents. ...
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When I Was Young in the Mountains
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Cynthia Rylant
Inspired by the author's childhood experiences in Cool Ridge, West Virginia, WHEN I WAS YOUNG IN THE MOUNTAINS reflects on the simplicities and joys of rural life. Looking back on her life in the Appalachian Mountains, where she lived with her younger brother and her loving grandparents, the female narrator reminisces about such simple pleasures ...
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The Hello, Goodbye Window
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Norton Juster, Chris Raschka (Illustrator)
For an excited, imaginative little girl, an overnight visit with her beloved grandparents, Nanna and Poppy, is filled with delights and enchanted moments. Among them are a bike ride, Poppy's harmonica tune, and games involving the special window in the greenery-filled kitchen. And finally, before bed, some stargazing, as well as goodnights, ...
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Abuela
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Arthur Dorros, Elisa Kleven
A little girl imagines that she and her abuela (Spanish for "grandmother") can fly. The pair enjoy an aerial tour of their city, visiting people and sites important to the grandmother's past. The English text contains a few Spanish words and phrases. The colorful illustrations are mixed-media collages created with watercolors, pastels, inks, and ...
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Chalk Box Kid
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Clyde Robert Bulla
A new neighborhood. A new school. An unhappy birthday. Things aren't looking great for Gregory. But when he discovers an abandoned chalk factory behind his house, something magical happens: a beautiful garden and a quiet friendship spring up within its walls.
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Grandmother's Memories to Her Grandchild: A Journal of Faith and Love
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Thomas Kinkade (Illustrator)
An updated cover gives a fresh, new look to this favorite journal, featuring the artwork of Thomas Kinkade. Engaging prompts and questions encourage grandmothers to record wisdom and memories from their lives. Themes range from childhood stories to advice on living a godly life. Photo journal pages allow the inclusion of special photographs or ...
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Five Little Monkeys with Nothing to Do
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Eileen Christelow (Illustrator)
When five little monkeys complain to their mother that they are bored, she suggests they clean the house because their Grandma Bessie is coming for lunch. The five little monkeys clean the entire house...but will things still be tidy when Grandma Bessie arrives? Color illustrations accompany the text.
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The Hundred Penny Box
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Sharon Bell Mathis
A Novel Unit to be used in conjunction with the novelThe Hundred Penny Box. Contains comprehension questions, bulletin board ideas, and integrated subject avtivities, which use the latest in reading strategies and graphic organizers.
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Grandfather Tang's Story
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Ann Tompert, Robert Andrew Parker (Illustrator)
Grandfather Tang and Soo were sitting under a tree playing with their tangram puzzles. They begin a story about fox fairies who can change their shapes; these fairies have to put friendship ahead of pride to save each other. This book features a description of tangram construction.
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Miss Fannie's Hat
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Jan Karon, Toni Goffe (Illustrator)
Miss Fannie is well known among the people at her church for her collection of beautiful hats. In fact, she has worn her favorite, a pink straw one decorated with silk roses, to 35 consecutive Easter masses. When the pastor asks her to donate one of her hats to a church auction, Miss Fannie makes a very special sacrifice. Color illustrations ...
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How I Live Now
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Meg Rosoff
Fifteen-year-old Daisy leaves her home in Manhattan to visit England's farm country--the home of her aunt and the four cousins she's never before met. Shortly after Daisy's arrival, her aunt goes off on a business trip, leaving her children and Daisy on the family farm. The next day, London is invaded and England finds itself suddenly at war. ...
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