Theme: Grandparents

Wee Granny’s Magic Bag

By Book Importer | Published: January 18, 2012

Emily and Harry love going on trips with Wee Granny. Surprising things always happen when she brings her tartan bag. One Christmas when they were carol singing Harry’s torch stopped working, so Granny reached into her bag and pulled out a lamppost to help them see! Last summer they were on the beach and Wee [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Hot, Hot Roti For Dada-Ji

By Book Importer | Published: June 15, 2011

Aneel s grandparents have come to stay, all the way from India. Aneel loves the sweet smell of his grandmother s incense, and his grandfather, Dada-ji, tells the world s best stories. When he was a boy, adventurous, energetic Dada-ji had the power of a tiger. Hunh-ji! Yes, sir! He could shake mangoes off trees [...]

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

Waiting for the Whales

By Book Importer | Published: April 30, 2011

This book tells the simple story of an old man who lives alone in a house overlooking the sea. His life has assumed a cozy regularity to match the seasons: collecting firewood and clams in wintertime; planting his garden in the spring; and, in summer, watching his beloved orca whales swimming by. When his daughter [...]

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

A Gift from Childhood:Memories of an African Boyhood

By Book Importer | Published: February 2, 2011

Baba Wagué is only four years old when he is sent to the tiny Malian village of Kassaro to be raised by his paternal grandparents, according to the family tradition. He is most unhappy about this at first, but under his grandmother’s patient and wise tutelage he comes to love his close-knit village community. He [...]

Descriptors: Africa, Awards, Biography, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mali, Nonfiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , » 2 Comments

Grand

By Book Importer | Published: February 2, 2011

A warm visual essay on the universal relationship between children and their grandparents features photographs from a diverse range of ethnic, cultural and socio-economic regions of the world.

Descriptors: Concept Book, Early Years (ages 2-6), International, Nonfiction, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

My Elephant

By Book Importer | Published: February 8, 2010

A little boy gets busy too playing with his imaginary elephant friend when his grandparents have too many things to do to spend time with him.  

Descriptors: Czech Republic, Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , » 1 Comment

My Ocean: A Novel of Cuba

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

After his grandparents emigrate, 12-year-old Enrique heads for the ocean, a source of comfort and solace. Why did they flee Cuba, leaving Enrique and his mother behind? Should they go, too? If not, will they, like so many others, be seen as disloyal? The sea has no answers for the boy. As the years pass, [...]

Descriptors: Caribbean, Cuba, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction, United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Mieko and the Fifth Treasure

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

When the bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Mieko’s nearby village was turned into ruins, and her hand was badly injured. Mieko loves to do calligraphy more than anything, but now she can barely hold a paintbrush. And she feels as if she has lost something that she can’t paint without-the legendary fifth treasure, beauty in [...]

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan, Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , » 1 Comment

The Scarves

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

What can you do when the people you love don’t think they love each other anymore? When one little girl learns that her grandparents are separating, it’s hard for her to understand. Grandpa explains that Grandma steals his chocolate pudding, and her favorite color is blue. Grandma says that Grandpa watches too much TV, and [...]

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

On the Pampas

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

An account of a little girl’s idyllic summer at her grandparents’ ranch on the pampas of Argentina.

Descriptors: Argentina, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , » 1 Comment