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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Starfish Starfish James Crowley Lionel was very young when his parents died, so he can barely remember the old days, before he and his sister Beatrice came to the Chalk Bluff Boarding School on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. His… OL15025529W
Race to Wallaby Bay Race to Wallaby Bay Robert Elmer Thirteen-year-old Patrick McWaid and his entire family must rush to raise his grandfather's paddle steamer from the river bottom, repair her and deliver her to her new half owner or his grandfather w… OL15026557W
Bartleby speaks! Bartleby speaks! Robin Cruise As he grows from infancy to three-years of age, Bartleby Huddle remains quiet, not speaking a word, until the day Grampy Huddle arrives and discovers the solution. OL15044166W
Grandpappy Grandpappy Nancy White Carlstrom Nate's visit to Grandpappy's house in Maine is filled with such everyday adventures as finding a four-leaf clover, watching a gray heron, and shopping for supplies. OL15068835W
A Little Bit of Trouble A Little Bit of Trouble Sally Grindley A bull disrupts the little bears' picnic with their grandfather. OL15213642W
The third life of Grange Copeland The third life of Grange Copeland Alice Walker "Despondent over the futility of life in the South, black tenant farmer Grange Copeland leaves his wife and son in Georgia to head North. After meeting an equally humiliating existence there, he retu… OL1815832W
An Early Winter An Early Winter Marion Dane Bauer When eleven-year-old Tim's beloved grandfather develops Alzheimer's Disease, Tim tries to restore and save him by taking him out for a fishing adventure at the pond, but the outing turns into a disas… OL1882863W
First Comes Marriage First Comes Marriage Debbie Macomber Grandfather rang the wedding bells! Janine Hartman loved her grandfather dearly--but she balked at his plan to choose her a husband. Zach Thomas, the intended groom, didn't like it any better. … OL1911395W
Grandpa and Me Grandpa and Me Karen Katz Let's make a pizza with Grandpa! You can help. Lift the large, sturdy flaps to find everything you need. OL1989121W
The wind garden The wind garden Angela McAllister On his rooftop, Ellie's grandfather needs a special kind of garden that the wind won't destroy. OL2277423W
The Happy Hedgehog The Happy Hedgehog Marcus Pfister Mikko the hedgehog is perfectly content living in his garden until Grandfather Tarek suggests that he should accomplish something important in order to be happy like the other animals. OL507199W
I'm Your Man I'm Your Man Susan Crosby There was a hot-looking man in her kitchen. And he was cooking!Maureen Hart had never had a summer so crazy...not even the year she'd become a teenage unwed mother. Now her life was on track with a s… OL5807741W
The fetch The fetch Chris Humphreys After exploring a sea chest full of runes and a journal belonging to his deceased grandfather, fifteen-year-old Sky summons the old man's ghost, who teaches him how to travel through time and space. OL5840737W
Tamar Tamar Mal Peet When her grandfather dies, Tamar inherits a box containing a series of clues and coded messages. Out of the past, another Tamar emerges, a man involved in the terrifying world of resistance fighters … OL5849012W
The islander The islander Cynthia Rylant A haunting children's story. Living with his grandfather on an island off British Columbia, orphaned ten-year-old Daniel feels deep loneliness until the night he meets a mermaid. OL64154W
The case of the race against time The case of the race against time James Preller "Jigsaw is in big-time trouble! For a dollar a day, Jigsaw and Mila make problems go away. But now Jigsaw has some trouble of his own. He lost grandfather's watch! Can Jigsaw and Mila find the wat… OL712548W
Akavak Akavak James A. Houston Akavak and his grandfather make an exciting journey to see the old man's brother once more before his death. OL729989W
Happy Birthday, Grandpa Happy Birthday, Grandpa Harriet Ziefert A rabbit, after trying to find the perfect gift for his grandfather, decides to grow a plant for the occasion. OL88336W
The murder stone The murder stone Charles Todd Charles Todd's critically acclaimed novels featuring Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge have been hailed by The Washington Post Book World as "one of the best historical series being written today.… OL98838W