Theme: Grandmother

A Summer’s Trade

By Book Importer | Published: October 13, 2011

Tony saves all his summer job money to buy the beautiful saddle at the trading post, but when his grandmother becomes ill after pawning her valuable bracelet to help Tony’s uncle, Tony is faced with a difficult decision.

Descriptors: Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Pearl Verses the World

By Book Importer | Published: September 26, 2011

Pearl feels like an island in school, isolated and alone, but at home she feels loved and secure until her grandmother’s illness changes the way Pearl views her world.

Descriptors: Australia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Poetry » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Troubletwisters

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

When their house mysteriously explodes and they are sent to live with an unknown relative named Grandma X, twelve-year-old twins Jaide and Jack Shield learn that they are troubletwisters, young Wardens just coming into their powers, who must protect humanity from The Evil trying to break into Earth’s dimension.
 

Descriptors: Australia, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Because . . .

By Book Importer | Published: June 27, 2011

A young boy who lives with his grandmother is terribly embarrassed by her behavior at first, but comes to realize that she is not just having fun, she has a reason for each strange action.

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Russia » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment

Babushka Baba Yaga

By Book Importer | Published: May 5, 2011

The villagers are afraid of her, so the legendary Baba Yaga disguises herself as an old woman in order to know the joys of being a grandmother.

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Folklore, Picture Book, Russia » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Stone Men

By Book Importer | Published: May 5, 2011

Grandma tells Arnie how a poor peddler saved a village from being destroyed by soldiers with the help of the stone men he always made on his journeys.

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, Picture Book, Russia » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Antonio on the Other Side of the World, Getting Smaller

By Book Importer | Published: May 4, 2011

Antonio has fun visiting his grandmother but misses his mother so much that he starts to shrink, and as he travels back to the other side of the world by ship, train, and horse, he gets smaller and smaller.

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Fantasy, Northern Ireland (UK), Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Splash, Joshua, Splash!

By Book Importer | Published: May 4, 2011

Joshua enjoys water splashing when he feeds the ducks, walks his dog, and especially when he and his grandmother splash in the swimming pool.

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Northern Ireland (UK), Picture Book, Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Sitti’s Secrets

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

A young girl describes a visit to see her grandmother in a Palestinian village on the West Bank.

Descriptors: Palestine, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment

The Chaos

By Book Importer | Published: March 17, 2011

The curse of the NUM8ERS continues in Rachel Ward’s CHA0T1C, earth-shattering sequel! Adam has more than inherited his mother’s curse: When he looks in someone’s eyes, he not only sees the date of their death…he feels the searing, shocking pain of it. Since Jem died, Adam has lived by the sea with his great-grandmother, Val. [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment