grandfathers

Marc would rather daydream about train trips with his grandfather than think about school and his new fifth grade teacher is only adding to his problems.

"Kenny Manzetti was the new kid in town. His family moved back in to an old house to help take care of his grandfather. Everyone in his new neighborhood is obsessed with zombies, even Grandpa Mo. But then a new family moves in next door and there choice in furniture is--interesting. Kenny is convinced that there is something strange about the new neighbors but his parents won't listen to him. So Kenny and his friends go in for a closer look"--P. [4] of cover.

Brothers Charlie and Mouse enjoy a special visit from Grumpy.

A young Tibetan American girl named Tashi tries to help her ill grandfather using a traditional healing method that emphasizes both spiritual and physical wellbeing.

"A young girl helps her grandfather adjust to his new home in the city with her family by inventing a fantastical fishing game"--.

When her grandfather registers to vote while living in segregated Mississippi, an Afro-American girl begins to understand why he insists that she attend school.

"A brother and sister want to go to the playground with their grandfather, but they can't leave until they find everything they need to take with them in his colorful house. Help Grandad find all of his belongings in this search and find!"--Provided by publisher.

While staying with her grandfather in his house in the woods, Sophie learns about the different kinds of trees and enjoys the beauties of the natural world.

Steve's trip to Spain is interrupted when he undertakes a mission to investigate what part his grandfather played in a bombing off the coast of Spain.

Arthur Bash is the school thug-for-hire (paid in candy bars), mostly because he just looks the part, so when orphan Darius Drake offers him three candy bars to accompany him to the run-down Stompanado Housing Complex, and just look menacing, he agrees--and soon finds himself deep in a mystery involving Darius' estranged grandfather, the lost Dunbar Diamonds, and the villainous Jasper Jones.