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1) Gilead
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In 1956, toward the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son, an account of himself and his forebears. Ames is the son of an Iowan preacher and the grandson of a minister who, as a young man in Maine, saw a vision of Christ bound in chains and came west to Kansas to fight for abolition: He "preached men into the Civil War," then, at age fifty, became a chaplain in the Union Army, losing his right eye in battle. Reverend...
2) Edgewood
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In an effort to find her missing grandfather, Emeline enters the forest of Edgewood where she discovers not only that the stories of the fabled Wood King and his mythical court are true, but that her Pa's life is in danger and only she can save him--along with a handsome and brooding tithe collector, a surly blacksmith, and a lost childhood friend.
3) Stone Fox
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Little Willie hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters.
4) Mañanaland
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4th Grade Reading
6th Grade Reading
Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
4th Grade Reading
6th Grade Reading
Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
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Twelve-year-old Max, who loves the legend Buelo tells him about a mythical gatekeeper who can guide brave travelers on a journey into tomorrow, sets out on a dangerous quest to discover if he is true of heart and what the future holds, armed with a treasured compass, a mysterious stone rubbing, and Buelo's legend as his only guides.
6) A day's work
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When Francisco, a young Mexican American boy, tries to help his grandfather find work, he discovers that even though the old man cannot speak English, he has something even more valuable to teach Francisco.
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Loma loves living with her large family in Spain and dreams of one day having a family of her own. Her grandfather, Belo, decides to bring Loma with him on his travels across Spain, and Loma soon learns about the dangers that the Jews of Spain face under King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, and the power that Belo holds in order to keep them safe. In the beginning, Loma loves getting to travel with Belo, but eventually she starts to wonder if her grandfather...
8) Lemons
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Lemonade Liberty Witt's mama told her to make lemonade out of the lemons life sends her way, but when she has to move to Willow Creek, California, to live with her grandfather after her mother dies, Lem struggles to find the good in any of it. Then she meets Tobin Sky, the eleven-year-old CEO of Bigfoot Detectives Inc., who invites her on an adventure to capture Bigfoot on film.
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Once upon a time, two couples with Jamaican, Mohawk, Indian, and Scottish ethnic roots won the lottery and bought a big house where all of them, four adults and seven adopted and biological children, could live together in harmony--but change is inevitable, especially when a disagreeable grandfather comes to stay.
10) Izzy Gizmo
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"Izzy Gizmo loves to invent but gets frustrated when her inventions fail to work properly, so when she finds a crow with a broken wing her grandfather urges her to persist until she finds a way to help"--Provided by publisher.
11) The blood years
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From Michael L. Printz honoree & National Book Award finalist Elana K. Arnold comes the harrowing story of a young girl's struggle to survive the Holocaust in Romania. Frederieke Teitler and her older sister, Astra, live in a house, in a city, in a world divided. Their father ran out on them when Rieke was only six, leaving their mother a wreck and their grandfather as their only stable family. He's done his best to provide for them and shield them...
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"Walt Longmire faces one of his most challenging crime scenes as he tries to reckon with the revelations of his last case where he confronted the ghosts of his past and questioned the very nature of justice and mercy in the hard country of the West. Deepin the heart of the Wyoming countryside, Sheriff of Absaroka County, Walt Longmire, is called to a crime scene like few others that he has seen. This crime brings up issues that go back to Walt's grandfather's...
14) War stories
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"Twelve-year-old Trevor Firestone loves playing war-based video games and he idolizes his great-grandfather Jacob who came home from World War II a celebrated hero; now ninety-three Jacob wants to retrace his journey in memory and reality and return to the small French village that his unit liberated, and Trevor is going with him--but not everyone in the town want Jacob to come, and Trevor is going to learn an important lesson: real war is not a video...
15) Hey Grandude!
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Grandude brightens a dreary weekend for his visiting grandchildren, Lucy, Tom, Em, and Bob, by using his magic compass and postcards to take them on adventures around the world.
16) Count me in
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Karina once did not like Chris, the boy next door, very much, until her Indian American grandfather began tutoring Chris and the three begin spending time together. Then a stranger assaults and injures her grandfather, motivated by racism. Karina took pictures the whole time and her social media posts go viral, giving her and Chris internet fame. Now they both have to decide how to use that fame to speak out and make a difference.
17) The Wanderer
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Thirteen-year-old Sophie and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard the Wanderer, a forty-five foot sailboat, which, along with uncles and another cousin, is en route to visit their grandfather in England.
18) Drawn together
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Books for Preschoolers (3-4 years old)
Books to Inspire Creativity
Diverse Books - East & Southeast Asians
Main Children's Staff Picture Book Favorites
Books to Inspire Creativity
Diverse Books - East & Southeast Asians
Main Children's Staff Picture Book Favorites
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A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.
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