grandfathers

On his thirteenth birthday, foster child Alcatraz Smedry receives a bag of sand which is immediately stolen by the evil Librarians who are trying to take over the world, and Alcatraz is introduced to his grandfather and his own special talent, and told that he must use it to save civilization.

Lenny the lion loves his grandpa, King Lion. But when King Lion starts to forget things, Lenny begins to worry. He can't understand why grandpa keeps getting muddled and doesn't want to play any more. Lenny doesn't know what to do, but with a little help from grandpa's old friends, perhaps he can find a way to make things a bit better... Full-Color Illustrations, Original Artwork.

A retelling of Johanna Spyri's classic tale, in which Heidi, an orphan, builds a strong bond with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps, but after she is sent into town to attend school and be a friend to a wealthy man's daughter, who is restricted to a wheelchair, Heidi's health begins to fail as her desire to return to her home in the mountains increases.

When Roy G. Biv, a leprechaun, appears and asks Colleen's help in saving the St.Patrick's Day parade, she offers items of different colors to rebuild his lost rainbow, but is reluctant to part with a special gift from her grandfather.

Ethan interviews his grandpa to find out what school was like when he was young and learns some new information.

Charlie is very close to his grandfather, who loves to tell fanciful stories about pirates, witches, and gnomes that amuse Charlie to no end. But lately, Charlie's grandpa doesn't have any new stories to tell. In fact, some days grandpa doesn't even recognize Charlie. A disease has stolen grandpa's memories, his appetite, and even his smile. Charlie wants so much to make his grandpa smile again that he comes up with a plan to tell him stories. The same ones that grandpa used to tell Charlie to make him laugh! Without shying away from the inevitable heartache that comes from watching loved ones suffer, Really and Truly is a spirited book for young readers struggling to remain optimistic during troubling times.

Ben thinks his dog, Buster, is the best in the world but his parents are not as sure, so when they go on vacation Buster must stay with Grampa who, guided by many notes from Ben and using his own dog-training methods, manages to get Buster under control--mostly.

The stranger lurking on the Witting family's prairie farm turns out to be their long-lost grandfather, whose presence plus prodding from Caleb forces Jacob to deal with his past.