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Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Sixth-grader Amalia learns many important life-lessons while spending Friday afternoons with her beloved grandmother, and the teaching goes on even after Abuelita's sudden death as Amalia finds a way to connect with relatives and a friend who has moved away.
2) Abuela
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
–Tantos pájaros– dice Rosalva mientras les dan de comer–. ¿Y qué tal si los pájaros me alzaran y me llevaran volando por encima del parque? ¿Qué pasaría si yo volara?
¡Y claro que ella vuela! Y lleva consiguo a su abuela y nos narra, en español sazonado con algunas frases en inglés, este maravilloso viaje. Mucho de los lugares que visitan le recuerdan a la abuela el momento de su llegada a este país.
Con su energía y belleza, las...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
This heartwarming story about Little Owl and his quest to buy his grammy a heart-shaped box of chocolates for her birthday is based on the real meaning of love as described in 1 Corinthians 13. Even though Little Owl is thwarted at every turn, this story is ultimately a sweet reminder that real love isn't found in a box-even one filled with delicious chocolates.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
A little girl and her abuela tend to an injured bird they find in the snow, allowing it to fly around the living room until it is ready to be released.
Una niña y su abuela atienden a un pájaro herido que encuentran en la nieve, dejándolo volar por la sala de estar hasta que esté listo para ser liberado.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 16
Description
Sixteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his grandmother, a writer for a geography magazine, to the remote Forbidden Kingdom in the Himalayas to help locate a sacred statue of a golden dragon before it is stolen by a greedy outsider.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Sofia is making a family time capsule, filled with pictures and mementos from their lives, to be opened in fifteen years, and Abuela contributes letters to each of her grandchildren--but Sofia is so consumed with curiosity that she decides to sneak a peak at what her letter says.
Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In this rhythmic cumulative tale Rosa Maria spends the week getting ready for her granddaughter's birthday party and trying to avoid attracting mice--unaware that the mice in her walls are preparing for a party of their own.
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Emily's grandmother has moved into a retirement home. It is not easy for her to leave her home and friends. When Emily goes for a visit, she finds her grandmother seated in the corner of her new room. Nothing makes her happy. At home, Emily and her mother go through Oma's things. They find many treasures and a way of making Oma feel at home.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
It's Sunday and Clifford and Emily Elizabeth are going to visit her grandma. But Clifford can't find Don Chillón, his favorite toy mouse! Emily Elizabeth and Clifford return to the places they visited on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and every day of the week to look for Don Chillón.
Es domingo y Emily Elizabeth quiere ir con Clifford a visitar su abuela. Clifford no puede encontrar a su ratón favorito, Don Chillón. Es necessario buscarlo en todos...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Una niña curiosa escucha con atención la historia que le cuenta su abuela. Es una historia que le enseña que, aunque con el paso del tiempo cambian muchas cosas, el amor siempre se mantiene igual; tal y como sucedía años atrás, seguimos anhelando y queremos rodearnos de aquellos que nos quieren.
A curious girl attentively listens to her grandmother's stories. She learn that, even though the passage of time changes much, love always remains....
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Un delicioso libro ilustrado sobre las formas en que los ̀pltanos dan forma a la cultura, la comunidad, y la familia Latina/o/x/e, contado a trǎvs de las experiencias de una nįa en la cocina con su abuela.
Esme learns the cultural significance of plantains while cooking alongside her grandmother.
20) Abuelita y yo
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
El tiempo en casa con Abuelita es divertido. Incluye comer panqueques, saltar charcos y pintarse las uñas. Mientras que las salidas para hacer compras no siempre son divertidas. En el supermercado y en el bus la gente es impaciente y desconfiada. A veces alzan la voz y gritan. Esto entristece, enfada y atemoriza a la niña protagonista de la historia. Ella decide nunca más salir de su casa. Esto cambia cuando en un instante la pequeña se da cuenta...