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Song and dance man
Illus. in full color. "In this affectionate story, three children follow their grandfather up to the attic, where he pulls out his old bowler hat, gold-tipped cane, and his tap shoes. Grandpa once danced on the vaudeville stage, and as he glides across the floor, the children can see what it was like to be a song and dance man. Gammell captures all the story's inherent joie de vivre with color …
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- 9780679819950
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
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Miss Rumphius
Barbara Cooney's story of Alice Rumphius, who longed to travel the world, live in a house by the sea, and do something to make the world more beautiful, has a timeless quality that resonates with each new generation. The countless lupines that bloom along the coast of Maine are the legacy of the real Miss Rumphius, the Lupine Lady, who scattered lupine seeds everywhere she went. Miss Rumphius r…
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- 0590299727
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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- F62
Where the river begins
Josh and Aaron love to watch the river flow gently past their house. Together they make up stories about it, and always they wonder where the river begins. One day the boys and their grandfather set out to find the answer, and together they explore the moods of nature and the bonds of a man and his grandsons. American Bookseller Pick of the Lists. Full color.
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- 0140545956
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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Granddaddy's gift
When her grandfather registers to vote while living in segregated Mississippi, an Afro-American girl begins to understand why he insists that she attend school.
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- 043968451X
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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Knots on a counting rope
In Knots on a Counting Rope, Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault tell a poignant story about a boy’s emerging confidence in facing his blindness in this beautiful children’s picture book illustrated by Ted Rand. By the warmth of a campfire beneath a starry night sky, a Navajo youth named Boy-Strength-of-Blue-Horses listens to the tale of his birth from his grandfather. Although blind, …
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- 0590994484
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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Elmer
Elmer the elephant is bright-colored patchwork all over. No wonder the other elephants laugh at him! If he were ordinary elephant color, the others might stop laughing. That would make Elmer feel better, wouldn't it? David McKee's comical fable about everyone’s favorite patchwork elephant teaches readers to be themselves and celebrates the power of laughter.
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- 9780688091712
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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Knots on a counting rope
In Knots on a Counting Rope, Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault tell a poignant story about a boy’s emerging confidence in facing his blindness in this beautiful children’s picture book illustrated by Ted Rand. By the warmth of a campfire beneath a starry night sky, a Navajo youth named Boy-Strength-of-Blue-Horses listens to the tale of his birth from his grandfather. Although blind, …
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- 9780805084798
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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Mt grandfather is a magician : work and wisdom in an African village
This is the story of one little Nigerian boy who doesn't know what job he wants to do when he grows up. His father teaches in a school, his mother owns a bakery, Auntie Ngo is a doctor and an uncle is a woodcarver. But his grandfather seems wiser and more interesting, he is a traditional healer.
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- 9781415676929
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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Grandfather's journey
Through compelling reminiscences of his grandfather's life in America and Japan, Allen Say delivers a poignant account of his family's unique cross-cultural experience. He warmly conveys his own love for his two countries and described the strong and constant desire to be in both places at once: When in one country, he invariably misses the other. His grandfather, he tells us, would understand.
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- 9780395570357
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 30 cm
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Storm in the night
Storm in the night—lights flicker out, rain streams down the windows... This could be a moment to be scared, but Thomas and his grandfather huddle with Ringo the cat on their porch and share stories in the darkness. This lovely picture book is also a strong choice to share about overcoming fears. Too early to go to bed, and with only flashes of lightning to see by, Thomas and his grandfather…
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- 9780064432566
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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