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19 Jul 2021 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: activism, environment, First Nations, grandparents, indigenous peoples, nature, pollution, river, strong girls, water
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 2021
text by Carole Lindstrom, illustrations by Michaela Goade
Age: 5+ (for full engagement)
Interests: environmentalism, nature, water, activism, pollution, indigenous people, first nations, strong girls
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18 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in Books, books 11+ Tags: bad behavior, bullying, grandparents, Great Depression, high school, poverty, romance, small town life, violence
by Richard Peck
Age: 11+
Interests: Great Depression, small town life, grandparents, high school, poverty, bullying, romance
12 Apr 2017 1 Comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: buses, city life, diversity, grandparents, gratitude, helping others, poverty, tolerance
words by Matt de la Peña
illustrations by Christian Robinson
Ages: 3+
Interests: grandparents, city life, buses, tolerance, helping others, poverty, gratitude
26 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+ Tags: death, divorce/separation, family, friendship, grandparents, love, mystery
by Sharon Creech
Age: 10 +
Interests: mystery, family, death, grandparents, friendship, first love, divorce More
30 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 13+ Tags: family history, grandparents, Holland, mystery, occupation, romance, spies, suicide, violence, war, WWII
by Mal Peet
Age: 13+
Interests: war, WWII, violence, Holland, spies, occupation, romance, grandparents, family history, mystery
26 Mar 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 2+ Tags: grandparents, pets, sleeping
text by Audrey Wood
illustrations by Don Wood
Age: 2+
Interests: grandparents, pets, napping
04 Mar 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: biography, family history, gardening, grandparents
by Lane Smith
Age: 4+
Interests: grandparents, family history, history, biography, gardening
08 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 2+ Tags: grandparents, independence, rabbits
by Catherine Rayner
Age: 2+
Interests: rabbits, grandparents, growing up, independence
18 May 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: animals, grandparents, nature, ocean, whales
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1990
Dyan Sheldon, text
Gary Blythe, illustrations
Hutchinson Children’s Books, 1990
24 pp.
Age: 3 +
Interests: whales, ocean, grandparents, animals, nature
05 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: attic, dance, family, family history, grandparents, song and dance, theatre
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1989
Karen Ackerman, text
Stephen Gammell, illustrations
Alfred A. Knopf, 1988
30 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: family history, grandparents, song and dance, theatre
Other books on family history: They Were Strong and Good, Grandfather’s Journey
Next: pull out the old family photos!
