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Keeping Quilt

Keeping Quilt more books like this

by Patricia Polacco (Illustrator)

"In a glowing personal book, Polacco traces the history of a quilt made from bits of her ancestors' clothing in 'backhome Russia.' Over the course of a century, the coverlet serves as a Sabbath tablecloth, a wedding canopy, and a blanket for newborn babies. The pictures have vigor and tremendous warmth".--Detroit News. Full color.

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Christmas Memory

Christmas Memory more books like this

by Truman Capote

A CHRISTMAS MEMORY is a fictional/autobiographical recollection of the author's boyhood in rural Alabama. Buddy, a seven-year-old orphan, happily prepares for the Christmas season by making fruitcakes with his eccentric cousin, Miss Sook.

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Grandfather's Journey

Grandfather's Journey more books like this

by Allen Say (Illustrator)

Inspired by memories of his grandfather, author/illustrator Allen Say presents the true story of his family's ties to two very different countries. Beginning with his grandfather's first journey from Japan to the United States, Say describes how his grandfather adapted to life in America while still remembering and missing his native country. ...

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Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It

Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It more books like this

by Sundee T Frazier

Ten-year-old Tae Kwon Do blue belt and budding rock hound Brendan Buckley keeps a "Confidential" notebook for his top-secret scientific discoveries. And he's found something totally top secret. The grandpa he's never met, who his mom refuses to talk about or see, is an expert mineral collector and lives nearby! Secretly, Brendan visits Ed DeBose, ...

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The Hello, Goodbye Window

The Hello, Goodbye Window more books like this

by Norton Juster

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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The Big Field

The Big Field more books like this

by 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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How Tia Lola Came to Stay

How Tia Lola Came to Stay more books like this

by J Alvarez

After their parents divorce, Miguel (almost 10) and his younger sister, Juanita, move with their mother from New York City to Vermont. Life changes even more for Miguel when his Tía (Aunt) Lola arrives from the Dominican Republic. At first, Tía Lola says she is only coming for a brief visit, but as she gets involved in his life, Miguel begins to ...

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Donavan's Word Jar

Donavan's Word Jar more books like this

by Monalisa Degross, Cheryl Hanna (Illustrator)

While other kids in his class collect coins, comics, or baseball cards, Donovan collects words. Whenever he finds one he likes, he writes it on a slip of paper and puts it in his jar. But his jar is nearly full. How can he make room for all the new words?

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What's Happening to Grandpa?

What's Happening to Grandpa? more books like this

by Maria Shriver, Sandra Speidel (Illustrator)

Becoming increasingly concerned when her beloved grandfather tells her the same stories repeatedly and then forgets her name, young Kate creates a photo album of their favorite shared memories to help them both cope with his progressing Alzheimer's disease.

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Penny from Heaven

Penny from Heaven more books like this

by Jennifer L Holm

Inspired by Newbery Honor winner Holm's own Italian-American family, "Penny from Heaven" is a shining story about the everyday and the extraordinary, about a time in America's history, not all that long ago, when being Italian meant that you were the enemy. Most of all, it's a story about families--about the things that tear them apart and bring ...

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Becoming Naomi Leon more books like this

by Pam Munoz Ryan

Happily living with Gram and her little brother at the Avocado Acres Trailer Rancho, talented soap carver Naomi Soledad Leon Outlaw, labelled by her classmates as "nothing special," finds her life forever changed by the return of her mother, who has been gone for seven years. An ALA Notable Book. R

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My Dog Is as Smelly as Dirty Socks: And Other Funny Family Portraits more books like this

by Hanoch Piven

How do you draw your smelly dog? Your playful daddy? Your yummy mommy? See how one girl does it in this simple, clever picture book that's comprised of family portraits made out of objects. For example, her baby brother is "so "noisy--he's as loud as a whistle, a horn, and even a fire truck!--that she creates a picture of him with whistles for ...

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What Grandmas Do Best What Grandpas Do Best more books like this

by Laura Joffe Numeroff, Lynn M Munsinger (Illustrator)

One side of this upside-down book celebrates all of the things grandmas do for their grandchildren. Turning the book over and around produces a similar celebration of grandpas.

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A Year Down Yonder more books like this

by 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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When I Was Young in the Mountains more books like this

by 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 Game of Silence more books like this

by Louise Erdrich

Deeply attached to her island home, nine-year-old Omakayas spends her days helping her mother and grandmother care for the family, playing with cousins, and evading her annoying little brother, Pinch. The year is 1850, and change comes in two forms: the arrival of destitute relatives and disturbing news that the white men may force the Ojibwe from ...

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Fair Weather more books like this

by Richard Peck

Newbery winner Peck carries readers back to the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago in a tour de force that combines real people of the time with a new fictional family that all spin together into a whirlwind of humor, misadventure and charm. Period photos.

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Dicey's Song more books like this

by Cynthia Voigt

The Tillerman children settle into life with their grandmother while trying to sort out their feelings about the mother who abandoned them. Winner of the 1983 Newbery Medal.

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Thunder Cake more books like this

by 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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Grandpas Mountain more books like this

by Carolyn Reeder

During the Depression, eleven-year-old Carrie makes her annual summer visit to her relatives in the Blue Ridge Mountains and watches her determined grandfather fight against the government's attempt to take his farm land for a new national park.

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Grandmother's Memories to Her Grandchild: A Journal of Faith and Love more books like this

by 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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When Lightning Comes in a Jar more books like this

by Patricia Polacco (Illustrator)

Inspired by her own family, Polacco beautifully depicts an endearing family reunion that includes all of her aunts, uncles, cousins, and Gramma, who promises to teach the children how to catch RlightningS in a jar. Full color.

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War with Grandpa more books like this

by Robert 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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Up North at the Cabin more books like this

by Marsha Wilson Chall, Steve Johnson (Illustrator)

Summer vacation up north at the cabin provides memorable experiences with the water, the animals, and the other faces of nature.

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In the Rain with Baby Duck more books like this

by Amy Hest

Baby Duck hates the rain. When Mr and Mrs Duck waddle and skip happily through the rain towards Grandpa's house, Baby Duck dallies behind, complaining about wet feet, wet face and the mud. As she plods along, she sings a cross little song, "I do not like the rain one bit, splashing down my neck, baby feathers soaking wet, I do not like this mean ...

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