grandmothers

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grandmothers

Oma's quilt

2001
Emily comes up with a wonderful way to cheer her grandmother when the elderly woman is forced to leave her house on Maple Street after many, many years and move to Forest View Retirement Home.

The button box

1995
A child examines the many different buttons in Grandma's button box.

The Saturday Appaloosa

2002
Crystal and her Gramama go every Saturday to pet the horses that belong to Gramama's neighbor, but when her favorite horse is hurt, Crystal and Gramama's rush to help results in a very nice reward.

The ghost cadet

1991
Twelve-year-old Benjy, in Virginia visiting the grandmother he has never met, meets the ghost of a Virginia Military Institute cadet who was killed in the Battle of New Market in 1864 and helps him recover his family's treasured gold watch.

The scariest monster in the whole wide world

2001
Thea's parents do not want her to dress up as a scary monster for the Halloween costume parade, but with Grandma's help she surprises them.

Dear Katie, the volcano is a girl

1998
A grandmother and her granddaughter argue over whether a volcano is a geophysical phenomenon or an angry Hawaiian goddess.

Nora's stars

1989
While visiting her grandmother, Nora joins with the animated toys from an old chest to bring the stars down from the night sky, but their loss makes the day black and sad.

Thanksgiving at Obaachan's

1994
A Japanese American girl describes the Thanksgiving celebration at her grandmother's house and the things that make it her favorite holiday.

I want a pony

1994
Lulu is staying with her grandmother and wishes she had a pony so she could ride with Pam and Anna and then they could be friends--Pony Pals. When Lulu finds a pony in danger, she wants to help the wounded animal, will she be able to save it?.

Selina and the bear paw quilt

1995
When her Mennonite family moves to Upper Canada to avoid involvement in the Civil War, young Selina is given a special quilt to remember the grandmother she left behind.

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