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x, 226 pages ; 22 cm
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A meditation on the joys of grandparenthood shares practical suggestions for making the most of a grandparent-grandchild relationship, building trust, knowing when and when not to get involved, and managing long-distance challenges.
"A beautiful meditation on the joys of being a grandparent and a practical guide to help you and your adult children make the most of your relationship with a grandchild. For many grandparents, a grandchild offers a second...
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Silas' Seven Grandparents is a fun and loving story about having multiple sets of grandparents and stepgrandparents. When Silas' parents go away on a business trip, all seven grandparents invite Silas to stay with them....How can he choose one without hurting the others' feelings?
5) Being Frank
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English
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Frank struggles to learn the art of being tactful when he observes that his friend has freckles resembling the Big Dipper, his teacher has breath that smells like onions, and his principal's toupee looks like a weasel.
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Camp Grandma reveals how a successful businesswoman merged her working career with her role as grandmother--and offers grandparents fun and creative ideas for enriching their relationships with their grandchildren while teaching the children valuable life skills that will help them grow strong and think critically. Readers will be introduced to a compelling, sometimes humorous, and totally unexpected twist on a role people often take for granted--as...
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xiii, 193 pages ; 21 cm
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Español
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"Un verano inesperado, lejos de la seguridad de la casa de sus padres, se torna en la aventura más significativa en la vida de un niño. Durante las caminatas con su abuelo por los bosques de Villa Fe admirando un lago, atardeceres, árboles, aves y plantas, el chico descubre tanto la creación como la genuina devoción a Dios. Las sabias conversaciones con sus abuelos marcaron su corta existencia a través de mensajes trascendentales"--Back cover....
9) Off-white
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366 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"A sweeping family saga chronicling the inner lives of the women of the Vanta family as they tend to Grandma Bee's declining health, exposing the complexities and tensions of young and old, past and present, homeland and homeland, white and off-white."-- Provided by publisher.
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Remembering childhood stories her grandfather once told her, young physician Natalia becomes convinced that he spent his last days searching for "the deathless man," a vagabond who claimed to be immortal. As Natalia struggles to understand why her grandfather, a deeply rational man, would go on such a farfetched journey, she stumbles across a clue that leads her to the extraordinary story of the tiger's wife.
11) And so it goes
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1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Realtor Oren Little, willfully obnoxious to anyone who might cross his path, wants nothing more than to sell one last house and retire in peace and quiet. Then, his estranged son drops off a granddaughter he never knew existed. Clueless about how to care for the abandoned nine-year-old, he pawns her off on his determined and lovable neighbor Leah and tries to resume his life. But little by little, Oren stubbornly learns to open his heart; to his family,...
12) Love, Mouserella
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"This is my letter I wrote to Grandmouse because I miss her. She went back to the country and I'm in the city. Mama said why don't I write her a letter, so I did."--dust jacket.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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Spunky Gracie brings a tiny seed to Grandma, but won't tell her what kind it is. As the seed sprouts into a giant plant, Gracie teases Grandma that maybe it's a balloon tree... or a monster tree! Grandma happily imagines a cow tree that will give her an endless supply of milk for her coffee. The answer is more down-to-earth--something the pair gets to savor together--something big and round and red and wonderful!
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"Calvin Sidey is a cowboy of the old-school, no-guff sort: steely, hardened, with his own personal code. It's the 1960s, and he's living off the grid in a stifling trailer on the prairie when his adult son, Bill, seeks his help. A mostly absentee father, and a virtual no-show as a grandfather, Calvin nevertheless reluctantly agrees to stay with his grandchildren for a week. He decamps for his son's dark and musty basement, to the small town where...
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In Holt, Colorado, widower Louis Waters is initially thrown when the widowed Addie Moore suggests that they spend time together, in bed, to stave off loneliness. "No, not sex," she clarifies. "I'm talking about getting through the night. And lying warm in bed, companionably." Her husband died years ago, as did his wife, and in such a small town they naturally have known of each other for decades; in fact, Addie was quite fond of Louis's wife. His...
19) Blue lightning
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1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A grumpy; old man's life is turned upside down when he discovers a mischievous; young orphan is the daughter of his long-estranged son. Struggling to find common ground; they bond over the town sport of soap box derby racing.
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1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Thai
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After his grandmother is diagnosed with cancer, a scheming young man moves in to care for her, motivated by a desire to secure her fortune for himself. Unfortunately for him, it turns out that winning Grandma's favor is no easy feat.
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