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"Restless cowpoke Perley Gates wanted nothing more than to track down the grandfather who abandoned his family years ago. What he found was the crazy old sidewinder barely hanging on after a Sioux massacre. The old man's dying wish was to make things right for deserting his kin--by giving his strong-willed grandson Perley clues to the whereabouts of a buried fortune in gold. Finding his grandfather's legacy will set up his family for life. But it...
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English
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"First published serially in 1840 -- 41 in Dickens' own magazine, Master Humphrey's Clock , and in book form in 1841, The Old Curiosity Shop was an immediate popular success. The heart-wrenching story of Little Nell and her doting grandfather offered a rich amalgam of misery and malice, goodness and generosity, love and loyalty -- all with a pervading veneer of sentimentality that greatly appealed to Victorian readers. As the story opens up, Nell...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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A modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood in which Federico rides his bicycle to the market for Abuelo's groceries, then stands up to a hungry wolf. Includes a recipe for pico de gallo and glossary of Spanish terms.
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English
Description
He's the son of a cattle rancher, meant to follow in his father's footsteps. But like his famous grandfather and namesake, young Perley Gates wants adventure, excitement, and freedom. After his father's death, Perley strikes out to track down his grandfather. He soon discovers that the trail is full of dead ends and near-death encounters. And the closer he gets to his namesake, the closer he comes to those fabled gates they're named for--From the...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 30 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Dance works produced by award-winning videographer Douglas Rosenberg. 4/1 (2002) 9 Variations for Hilary (2002) Periphery (2000) My grandfather dances (1998) Bardo (1987).
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English
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Mukesh lives a quiet life in the London Borough of Wembley after losing his beloved wife. He worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries. Aleisha is a bright teenager working at the local library for the summer. She discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird; it is a list of novels that she has never heard of, and she impulsively decides...
8) Abuelo
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
An illustrated story about a boy and his grandfather, and the family bond that can span miles.
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Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"When Arthur and Rose were little, they were the heroes of Roar, a magical world they invented where the wildest creations of their imaginations roamed. Now that they're eleven, Roar is just a distant memory. But it hasn't forgotten them. When their grandfather is spirited away into Roar by the villain who still haunts their nightmares, Arthur and Rose must go back to the world they'd almost left behind. And when they get there, they discover that...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 60 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Intimate stranger is a poetic and emotional jigsaw puzzle carved out of the voluminous memorabilia of his grandfather's life story. Family members try to make sense of it all in this witty, candid and cinematically inventive documentary biography. In nobody's business, Alan Berliner takes on his reclusive father as the reluctant subject of this poignant and graceful study of family history and memory.
12) The wild woods
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill.: 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Grandfather explains to Jess as they walk in the woods why she can not keep the squirrel they see for a pet.
13) It's too soon!
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Anna thinks it is too early to go to bed, but her grandfather leads her one step at a time.
14) Dear Annie
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents a series of postcards and letters Annie sends to or receives from her loving grandfather from the time she is born.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
After his elderly owner suffers a heart attack, Buster the dog is sent to live with the man's grandchildren and in the confusion tries to return home.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young girl is excited when her grandfather agrees to let her go fishing with him, and to meet his mysterious fishing buddy.
18) Quiet
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
While observing the busy world around them, two children and their grandfather take a moment to appreciate being quiet and still.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
199 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Dottie learns to navigate the odd spaces between grieving and everyday living when her newly widowed grandfather comes to stay with her family.
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[30] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Grandpa demonstrates for his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances, and jokes he performed when he was a vaudeville entertainer.
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