When Luz's father has not returned home and her abuelo is to ill to cut wood for luminaries, Luz anticipates a sad Christmas. Using her limited resources, Luz makes farolitos with paper bags and candles. The farolitos guide the way of the pastores and brighten the christmas night.

Junie B is very upset when a boy in her class plans to invite everyone except her to his birthday party, but her grandfather helps her deal with the situation.

Little Bear hears about his grandfather's exploits as a sea captain when they are cleaning out the attic together.

In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Jonathan Safran Foer's debut??-??"a funny, moving...deeply felt novel about the dangers of confronting the past and the redemption that comes with laughing at it, even when that seems all but impossible." (Time) With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man??-??also named Jonathan Safran Foer??-??sets out to find the woman who might or might not have saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Accompanied by an...

In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace, when his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judge's cook watches over her distractedly, for his thoughts are often on his son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one gritty New York restaurant to another. Kiran Desai's brilliant novel, published to huge acclaim, is a story of joy and despair....

Geronimo travels to Ratzikistan to help his grandfather write a guide book about this remote area.

At the end of the school year, Kendra and her brother, Seth, find themselves racing back to Fablehaven, a refuge for mythical and magical creatures where their grandfather is caretaker. The Society of the Evening Star, an ancient organization determined to infiltrate the preserve and steal a hidden artifact of great power, is storming the gates. If the artifact falls into the wrong hands, it could mean the downfall of other preserves and possibly...

Nancy writes a report for school about her great-grandfather, making things up so he seems less ordinary, but when she learns that Grandpa will be there to hear her read the report aloud she realizes she was dishonest.

A child explores the ordinary life of his extraordinary great-grandfather, as expressed in his topiary garden.