great-grandmothers

When Angel's self-absorbed mother leaves her and her younger brother with their poor great-grandmother, the eleven-year-old girl worries not only about her mother and brother, her imprisoned father, the frail old woman, but also about a mysterious man who begins sharing with her the wonder of the stars.

With encouragement and Torah lessons from her great-granddaughter, Bubbie has a bat mitzvah.

Zeke's school is having a fund-raiser and the student who sell the most cake mix will get four tickets to Thrillsville Amusement Park, but Zeke is not having much luck until his great-grandmother gives him a lesson in salesmanship--and he takes his little sister with him.

Inspired by a beautiful web created by Sam the spider, Violet Anne shares some of her favorite memories with her great-granddaughter.

Emily Rose has always felt comfortable growing up in Connecticut with her African American mother and her "French American" father, but when they spend some time with her great-grandmother in Texas, Emily Rose learns about her black heritage and uncovers some new and exciting parts of her own identity.

Little Cliff is terrified of starting school, but with Mama Pearl's encouragement, he is able to overcome his fears.

While she and her older sisters are staying with their great-grandmother, ten-year-old Annie Rye learns about prejudice first hand when a local white girl causes Annie's sister to be unjustly punished.

An account of twelve-year-old Angela's visit to help take care of her great-grandmother alternates with the story of the old woman's life.

Uses colorful illustrations and photographs to depict the contrasts of growing up between a great grandmother and her great granddaughter, and the one thing they have in common, a hot fudge sundae.

Ma Minnie tells her great-grandson, a first-grader, many stories about the antics of a trickster named Mr. Fat, a southerner who may or may not be real.