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A morning with grandpa

2016
Curious and energetic Mei Mei attempts some t'ai chi forms as her grandfather demonstrates them, then tries to teach him basic yoga poses. Includes introductions to t'ai chi and yoga, as well as instructions for the exercises described in the text.

The turtle of Oman

a novel
2016
When Aref, a third-grader who lives in Muscat, Oman, refuses to pack his suitcase and prepare to move to Michigan, his mother asks for help from his grandfather, his Siddi, who takes Aref around the country, storing up memories he can carry with him to a new home.

There will be bears

Sneaking his roughneck grandfather out of a nursing home so that they can share an elk-hunting trip, thirteen-year-old Tyson ventures into the Grand Tetons only to discover that his grandfather may not be healthy enough for the journey.

Elmer and Grandpa Eldo

2016
Elmer the patchwork elephant has fun with his Grandpa Eldo remembering all the good times they have had together.

Max and Molly

1989
Max and Molly try to find out who's been stealing Grandpa's honey jars during the night.

Half a button

1989
Willam and his parents go by sailboat to visit Grampa, spending a happy day which William can remember long after, whenever he looks at the half button his grandfather finds and gives him.

Everything to spend the night

1999
While showing her grandfather all the things, from A to Z, that she has brought with her to spend the night, a little girl suddenly realizes that she forgot one important item.

Storm in the night

1990
While sitting through a fearsome thunderstorm that has put the lights out, Thomas hears a story from Grandfather's boyhood, when Grandfather was afraid of thunderstorms.

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs

1993
Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice and blows storms of hamburgers-- until the weather takes a turn for the worse.

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