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As 11-year-old Callie Tate explores the natural world around her in 1899 Texas, she develops a close relationship with her grandfather, navigates living with six brothers, and comes up against just what it means to be a girl at the turn of the century.
In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate learns about love from the older three of her six brothers and studies the natural world with her grandfather which leads to an important discovery....
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1st Grade Reading
Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
Multicultural Literature and Nature Education
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
Multicultural Literature and Nature Education
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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"When a young girl is asked where she's from--where she's really from--she's no longer as she was. She decides to turn to her dear abuelo for some help with this ever-persistent question. But he doesn't quite give her the answer she expects."--Page [2] of cover.
10) Grandpa Green
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A child explores the ordinary life of his extraordinary great-grandfather, as expressed in his topiary garden.
11) 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.
13) Two at the zoo
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A grandfather and grandchild go to the zoo, where they count animals from one to ten.
14) 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.
15) What a party!
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Froggie is so excited about celebrating Grandpa's birthday that he does not want the day to end.
18) Ahwoooooooo!
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After making several unsuccessful attempts to mimic the sounds of other animals, Little Wolf goes to his grandfather and learns how to howl.
20) Grandpa loves
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Describes all the things that a grandfather likes, especially what he enjoys doing with his grandchildren.
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