grandmothers

A little girl and her grandmother find joy and fun in the everyday moments of life.

"Kiera and her grandmother have always been very close, so when Grandma's brain forgets how to remember and she must go to a nursing home, Kiera finds a new way to connect"--Provided by publisher.

"With thoughtful, child-friendly language and warm, painterly illustrations, 'I Love You to the Stars' is a beautiful book that helps children understand the often scary reality of a grandparent or older friend experiencing dementia. It can be read with an adult, along with the discussion questions included at the end of the book, or pulled from the shelf by little hands whenever they need a reminder that love is always there"--Provided by publisher.

A boy rides a pogo stick to a visit with grandma.

"A grandmother explores her special garden with her granddaughters. Wonder grows everywhere but Grandmother especially loves to show it in her story garden. She invites her granddaughters to join her there in a sweet meditation on the treasures she's brought to that magical place-the rocks, the shells, the crystals, the meteorites : how they came to be, how they were formed, how they each have a story to tell"--.

Grandma Bawa needs help from her grandson, Mookie, and a friend when she gets lost in Jala Jungle, but when a lion threatens the elephant herd, she remembers how to sound the alarm.

"A vision of a world where community care and safety are not the jobs of police, based on a protest poem written by Petrus after the police officer who killed Michael Brown was not charged"--Provided by publisher.

Seventeen-year-old biracial Avery Anderson's life is turned upside down when she and her parents move to Bardell, Georgia, to live with her terminally ill grandmother, Mama Letty. Avery's mom and Mama Letty have a strained relationship, but they won't tell Avery what caused it. Fortunately, Avery befriends Simone Cole, her Black next-door neighbor who she begins to fall for, and Jade Oliver, the White daughter of the town's most prominent family. As Avery begins to unpacks Bardell's racist past, she learns more about her own family's tragic connection to the town and about the unsolved murder of Jade's mother.

Harriet Wermer is unhappy about having to spend her summer with her grandmother on Marble Island until she discovers a mystery involving her dad from when he was a boy living on the island.

"Tells the story of Julian's grandma's childhood as she, a Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II and how the boy she once shunned became her savior and best friend"--OCLC.