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1) Abuela
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Appears on list
Formats
Description
While riding on a bus with her grandmother, a little girl imagines that they are carried up into the sky and fly over the sights of New York City.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.
7) Cadillac
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A rhyming story that describes the excitement of going for a ride with Granny in her old Cadillac, as she "cruises through traffic like a bull through a dance."
Author
Series
Publisher
Rayo
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this illustrated story told in both English and Spanish, a grandmother puts her grandchildren to bed by telling them all the animals outside are sleeping.
En esta historia ilustrada contada en inglés y en español, una abuela acuesta a sus nietos por decirles que todos los animalitos también se están durmiendo.
11) The giant hug
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Owen sends a real hug to his grandmother for her birthday he inadvertently brings cheer to the postal workers as they pass the hug along.
12) Sparrow
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
After the death of the beloved grandmother who raised her, high-school student Kendall Washington travels to New Orleans expecting to be taken in by her only living relative, an aunt, but the reunion does not go as planned.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Marta Enos is having a bad day. It begins when the wind blows her homework out the window and the dogs chew it to pieces. Her grandmother consoles her with a tortilla as "big and pale as a rising full moon," along with ancient words of advice. This charming story, set on a Papago reservation in southern Arizona near the Mexican border, offers Native American wisdom that helps children--and adults as well--put their problems in perspective.
16) Abuela
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
While riding on a bus with her grandmother, a little girl imagines that they are carried up into the sky and fly over the sights of New York City.
17) Child of the owl
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
A twelve-year-old girl who knows little about her Chinese heritage is sent to live with her grandmother in San Francisco's Chinatown.
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
A young boy remembers the Saturdays when he was nine or ten and he would ride his bicycle to his Ma'am-maw's house, where they spent the day together mowing the lawn, picking vegetables, eating lunch, and making delicious, sweet teacakes.
19) Thunder cake
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.
20) Prairie Evers
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Ten-year-old Prairie is happy being home-schooled and raising her flock of chickens, so transferring to regular school is a big change, but fortunately she meets a wonderful friend"--
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