grandmothers

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grandmothers

Inside-out grandma

1995
Rosie's grandmother wears her clothes inside out to remind herself to buy oil for making latkes at Hanukkah. Includes a recipe for potato latkes.

Halmoni and the picnic

1993
A Korean American girl's third grade class helps her newly arrived grandmother feel more comfortable with her new life in the United States.

Grandmother's pigeon

1996
Passenger pigeon hatchlings, thought to be extinct, are discovered in Grandmother's room after she departs on a voyage to Greenland.

The feather-bed journey

1995
As she tries to repair a torn feather pillow, Grandma tells about her childhood in Poland, about the Nazi persecution of Jews during World War II, and about the origin of this special pillow.

Emerald blue

1994
Anne and her brother, Em, lived with their Grandmother on Barbados until their mother returned to move them to the United States.

The dove

1993
A visiting dove provides the answer to Grandmother Maloko's financial problems when floodwaters destroy her crops and she must rely on the sale of her homemade jewelry.

"I remember!" cried Grandma Pinky

1994
Lisa loves to hear Grandma Pinky tell stories about the old days, but she worries when Grandma becomes forgetful about more recent activities.

Blow away soon

1995
While building a blow-away-soon for the wind, a little girl learns from her grandmother that some things are meant to be let go and some are meant to be kept for a good long time.

Liplap's wish

1994
As he builds a snowbunny, Liplap feels something is missing and wishes his grandmother who recently died was with him.

In wintertime

1994
A grandmother tells about her life as a child in the Scandinavian winter with her grandmother.

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