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DeGross, Monalisa (1999). Grandaddy’s Street Songs Hyperion Books for Children (PS-3) $14.99 ISBN 07868-0160-3
Roddy is an African American boy. He loves to bring out the old family photo album and listen to grandaddy tell stories about his days as an arabber. Arabbers were fruit and vegetable street vendors in days gone by. Grandaddy was an arabber in Baltimore and he would take his horse and wagon on the cobblestone streets and sing out calls to his customers to get their attention. Some of his calls are given in the book. Illustrates family history, oral history, and an interesting part of American history. A sharing and caring intergenerational relationship. MULTICULTURAL
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Delgado, Maria (1996). Chave’s Memories Pinata Books (PS-3) $14.95 ISBN 1-55885-084-8
This is a bilingual book written in English and Spanish. Chave is a young Mexican American girl who loves visiting her grandparent’s ranch in Mexico. Her grandparents maintain the ranch and grandma has a plant and flower garden. Although there is little interaction with the grandparents in the book it is a good multicultural story illustrating active older people who are a respected and integral part of the family. MULTICULTURAL
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De Paola, Tomie (1978). Pancakes for Breakfast Harcourt Brace Juvenile Books (PS-2) $14.95/$5.00 ISBN 0-15-259455-8/ISBN 0-15-670768-3
An older women attempts to have pancakes for breakfast and is hindered by a scarcity of supplies and her pets. There are no words in this story. Young readers can easily follow the pictures, and can help to make up the story. The pictures portray the older woman as active, flexible, and resourceful.
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Dillon, Jana (2003). Sasha’s Matrioshka Dolls Farrar (2-3) $16.00 ISBN 0-374-37387-6
Sasha’s Grandfather Boxer, was a boxmaker in old Moscow. Grandfather would build boxes and Sasha would paint them. One day mice destroy Sasha’s rag doll and her grandfather replaces it with a wooden doll made from a scrap of wood. Sasha paints the doll as a matrioshka, “a little mother”. Grandfather builds successively larger nesting dolls to protect the smaller ones until Sasha has seven nesting dolls. Sasha thanks her grandfather and tells him that each doll was a gift of love. Portrays older person as capable, active and working. Russian nesting dolls called matrioshkas first appeared in Moscow in the late nineteenth century. MULTICULTURAL
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DiSalvo-Ryan, DyAnne (1997). Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen Turtleback Books (1-3) $11.10 ISBN 0-606-12026-2
A young boy stays with his Uncle Willie after school. Uncle Willie is a volunteer at a local soup kitchen for homeless people. One day when the boy is out of school he helps his uncle at the soup kitchen. Illustrates the community service activities that older people are involved in. The older adult is a role model for the young boy. Deals with the contemporary social issues of homelessness and hunger.
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DiSalvo, DyAnne (2002). Spaghetti Park Holiday (2-3) $16.95 ISBN 0-8234-1682-8
Angelo’s neighborhood park used to be a great place, but now many people in the neighborhood avoid it because it is run down, has graffiti, and a group of troublemakers hang out there. Angelo and his grandfather like to go to the park and play “bocce”, an Italian bowling game. They join a neighborhood group to clean up the park. Many of the people who help in cleaning up the park are older adults. Once the park is cleaned the troublemakers mess it up again, but in the end everyone helps to make the park a good place to be.
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Dorros, Arthur (1995). Isla Dutton Children’s (PS-2) $15.99 ISBN 0-525-45149-8
A young girl, Rosalba, and her grandmother take an imaginary trip to the Caribbean island where her grandmother grew up. A glossary of Spanish words in included. Presents family history and shows old and young enjoying each other. MULTICULTURAL
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Dorros, Arthur (1997). Abuela Puffin (PS-2) $4.99 ISBN 0-14-056226-5
Abuela means grandma in Spanish and Spanish words are integrated throughout the text. While taking a bus ride with her grandmother a young Hispanic girl imagines that she and her grandmother are taken up into the sky to see the sights of New York City. Uses bright, colorful illustrations that children find quite fascinating. Shows old and young enjoying each other. MULTICULTURAL
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Dotlich, Rebecca (2005). Grandpa Loves HarperCollins (PS-2) $16.89 ISBN 0-06-029405-1
A grandfather pig always finds time to do fun things with his grandchildren. He loves do things with them like flip pancakes, parks in the springtime, splash through puddles, playing baseball, going to the beach and many more things. A warm relationship between grandparent and grandchild is presented. Illustrates old and young enjoying each other.
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Douglass, Barbara (1989). Good as New Morrow/Avon (PS-3: Picture Book) $3.95 ISBN 0-688-08739-6
Grady's grandfather is known for his ability to fix just about anything. When a young cousin ruins Grady's prize teddy bear, grandfather does a wonderful job of fixing it. He takes it apart, sews it back together and fixes it 'good as new!' Portrays the grandfather as intelligent, creative, and sensitive to the needs of the child. The grandfather does some nontraditional activities (e.g., sewing) and a loving intergenerational relationship is portrayed.
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Dunbar, James (1999). When I Was Young Carolrhoda Books (PS-3) ISBN 1-57505-359-4
Seven year old Josh learns about family history from his grandmother and the family photo album. Grandma tells about her life as a young girl, her grandparents and great-grandparents. An interesting story for children to see how things used to be. Good examples of family history and oral history. Children can be encouraged to explore their own family histories. Useful information in the back of the book talks about what life was life from the 1690s to present.
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Duncan, Alice (1999). Miss Viola and Uncle Jed Lee Atheneum (PS-2) ISBN 0-689-80476-8
Miss Viola and Uncle Jed Lee are neighbors on Joubert Street. A young boy, Bradley, lives in a house between the two. Bradley and Uncle Jed Lee play checkers and do things together. One day Uncle Jed Lee mentions that he would like to make a friend of Miss Viola. How Bradley brings the two of them together is fun and interesting. Portrays intergenerational friendship. This is one of the few stories where companionship and dating with older adults is addressed.
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English, Karen (1996). Big Wind Coming Albert Whitman (PS-3) ISBN 0-8075-0726-1
Grandpa alerts the family that a big storm is coming. The children take the animals to the barn and help board up the windows. Grandma and Grandpa are the ones who take charge of preparations for the storm. Capable, active grandparents.
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Flournoy, Valerie (1985). The Patchwork Quilt Dial (PS-3) ISBN 0-8037-0097-0
Tanya is a young African America girl. She loved listening to her grandmother talk to her about the patchwork quilt she was putting together. When grandmother gets temporarily ill Tanya decides to finish the quilt and the whole family works together to finish the quilt for grandmother.
[Coretta Scott King Award, Christopher Book Award]
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Gilman, Phoebe (1993). Something From Nothing Scholastic (K-3) ISBN 0-590-47280-1
The story is an adaptation of a Jewish folktale. When Joseph was born his grandfather, who is a tailor, makes him a blanket. The blanket has a long and delightful history. As Joseph grows older it becomes worn and frazzled and his mother wants to throw it out, but Joseph says “grandpa can fix it.” Grandpa makes the worn out blanket into a jacket for Joseph. As the years go by the jacket becomes too small so grandpa makes it into a vest. Later the vest is transformed by grandpa into a Sabbath tie, then a handkerchief and finally a button. When Joseph loses the button there is nothing left of the blanket. Joseph now makes “something from nothing” by writing a story about the blanket. Grandfather is working, creative and an integral part of the family and community. A delightful book with wonderful illustrations. MULTICULTURAL
[Sydney Taylor Book Award, Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award]
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Glaser, Linda (1997). The Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes Albert Whitman (1-3) ISBN 0-8075-0841-1/ISBN 0-8075-0842-X
On the first night of the Jewish Hanukkah celebration there are only three potatoes left and more potatoes are needed to make latkes. Rachel decides to borrow potatoes from her elderly neighbor, Mrs. Greenburg. She has Mrs. Greenburg participate in the family’s Hanukkah celebration. An intergenerational story of caring and sharing.
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Gray, Libba Moore (1993). Miss Tizzy Alladin (PS-3) ISBN 0-689-81897-1
Miss Tizzy is loved by all the children in the neighborhood. They love her and her colorful house and clothes. She bakes with them, lets them pick flowers, puts on puppet shows, plays her bagpipes, leads them in parades, plays dress-up, roller skates and sings songs. Everyone wants to have someone like Miss Tizzy in their neighborhood. Everyone wants to be like Miss Tizzy when they are older. Illustrates older people as active and valued members of their communities.
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Greene, Rhonda (2003). At Grandma’s Holt (PS) ISBN 0-8050-6336-6
A young dog always has a lot to do at grandma’s house. He sleeps in a big bed, eats cinnamon bread, rides with grandma in a canoe, goes for walks, has a picnic lunch works in the garden, and mends a fence. At bedtime grandma reads him and book and puts him to bed. Shows young and old enjoying each other and can lead into a discussion of what the children do with their grandparents or with older friends.
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Greenfield, Eloise (1988). Grandpa's Face Putnam (PS-3) ISBN 0-399-21525-5/ISBN 0-698-11381-0
Tamika is a young African American girl who loves her grandfather very much. She especially enjoys spending time with him and loves his stories and their long 'talk-walks'. One day Tamika sees her grandfather practicing a mean face for a play. She learns that, despite her grandfather's many faces, his feelings for her will never change, and his love is something that she can always depend on. Illustrates shared emotions, depicts the grandfather as healthy, active and vibrant, and illustrates a loving, caring relationship between grandchild and grandparent.
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Griffith, Helen (1987). Grandaddy's Place Greenwillow (PS-3) ISBN 0-688-06254-7
Janetta is a 'city girl,' and her first visit to her grandfather's farm was one of mixed emotions. At first she was not sure that she liked her granddaddy, his farm or the animals. She didn't like the wasp's nest under the roof, or the chickens that made scary noises, the mean-looking cat or the 'giant' mule. As grandfather tells her stories and finds ways to help her learn to love and understand the farm.
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