grandparent and child

The Victorian tale of Little Nell, a girl who is uprooted from her secure and innocent childhood and cast into a world of evil when she and her grandfather are pursued relentlessly through England by the evil and loathsome dwarf Quilp.

When Mary Anne receives a class assignment to write her autobiography she realizes she has a lot to say about her life, and tells about the loss of her mother, the time she wanted glasses, and meeting her grandmother again after eleven years.

Discusses issues involved when teenagers must move in with relatives because of the death of parents or problems in their families.

Lily turns the tables on her grandmother by asking what she would like to be when she grows up--which Lily is certain Grandma has not yet done.

Thirteen-year-old Maya is confused and resentful when she is sent to Seattle to spend the summer with a grandmother she has never met, but finds her life changed when she discovers a trombone in the attic.

Mimi inherits a gold mine and is joined by her grandchildren and husband on an adventure to find out where it is, and along the way they learn about the Gold Rush era.

Grace has mixed feelings when she finds out that her mom and step-dad are going to have a baby and confides those feelings to her grandmother.

Erin lets her love of scissors get out of control until grandpa helps her reign in her enthusiasm.

Celaya "Lala" Reyes, traveling from Chicago to Mexico City each summer, draws together stories of her Mexican-American family of shawl-makers, including her papa and Awful Grandmother.

Sheila, a toddler, is quite particular about what she will or will not share, but her grandmother teaches her that it is always good to share.