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Multigenerationalism

Picture Books & Easy Readers | Young Adult Fiction

Picture Books & Easy Readers

Bauer, Marion Dane                                                             
When I Go Camping With Grandma (JE BAU)
A child enjoys a camping trip with Grandma that includes hiking, canoeing, fishing, and cooking out.

Berenstain, Stan                                                         
The Berenstain Bears and the Giddy Grandma (JE BER)
Sister Bear interviews her grandmother for a school assignment, Gran decides to enter her old vaudeville act in the school talent show, and Gramps moves into the gardening shed.

Blegvad, Lenore                                                          
Once Upon a Time and Grandma (JE BLE)
When her grandchildren come for a visit, Grandma shows them the apartment where she lived and tells them what she did when she was a young girl.

Buckley, Helen Elizabeth                                                 
Grandmother and I (JE BUC)
A child considers how Grandmother's lap is just right for those times when lightning is coming in the window or the cat is missing.

Buckley, Helen Elizabeth                                                 
Grandfather and I (JE BUC)
A child considers how Grandfather is the perfect person to spend time with because he is never in a hurry.

Calmenson, Stephanie                                             
Marigold and Grandma on the Town (JE READ CALMENSON)
When they go out on the town together, two bunnies, Marigold and Grandma, buy a special hat, eat lunch, and make funny faces in the photo booth.

Coleman, Evelyn                                                          
White Socks Only (JE COL)
Grandma tells the story about her first trip alone into town during the days when segregation still existed in Mississippi.

Griffith, Helen V.                                                       
Grandaddy’s Stars (JE GRI)
Janetta's Grandaddy lives on a farm with chickens and a mule, and when he comes to visit her in Baltimore, Janetta is worried that he'll find the city boring.

Hines, Anna Grossnickle                                                  
Gramma’s Walk (JE HIN)
Donnie and Gramma, who is in a wheelchair, take an imagined walk to the seashore and smell the salty breeze, walk barefoot on the warm sand, observe animals, and build a sand castle.

Kroll, Virginia L.                                                         
Faraway Drums (JE KRO)
Jamila and her little sister are frightened by the loud city noises at their new apartment, but they find comfort in recalling the stories their great-grandma used to tell about life in Africa.

LeMarche, Jim                                                                                                        
The Raft (JE LEM)
Reluctuant Nicky spends a wonderful summer with Grandma who introduces him to the joy of rafting down the river near her home and watching the animals along the banks.

Mayer, Mercer                                                                  
Just Grandma and Me (JE MAY)
A trip to the beach with Grandma provides lots of fun and surprises.

McCully, Emily Arnold                                             
The Grandma Mix-Up (JE READ MCCULLY)
Young Pip doesn't know what to do when two very different grandmothers come to baby sit, each with her own way of doing things.

Neitzel, Shirley                                                                 
The Bag I’m Taking to Grandma’s (JE NEI)
In cumulative verses and rebuses a young boy and his mother have different views on how to pack a bag for a trip to Grandma's.

Polacco, Patricia                                                         
Thunder Cake (JE POL)
Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.

Porte, Barbara Ann                                                             
When Grandma Almost Fell Off the Mountain and Other Stories (JE POR)
Grandma tells surprising and unusual stories about a vacation she took with her family when she was a little girl.

Rothenberg, Joan                                                        
Inside-Out Grandma (JE ROT)
Rosie's grandmother wears her clothes inside out to remind herself to buy oil for making latkes at Hanukkah. Includes a recipe for potato latkes.

Schachner, Judith Byron                                                
Willy and May (JE SCH)
A girl who always looks forward to her visits with her Great-aunt May and May's canary Willy is terribly disappointed when she thinks she will not be able to see them one Christmas.

Wild, Margaret                                                                                                       
Our Granny (JE WIL)
While grannies come in all shapes and sizes "our granny" is unique.

Wild, Margaret                                                          
Remember Me (JE WIL)
Although she may forget many things, Ellie's Grandma remembers all the special times the two of them have shared.

Yolen, Jane                                                              
Off We Go! (JE YOL)
One by one, baby woodland creatures leave home and sing their way to visit grandma.

Young Adult Fiction

Koertge, Ronald                                                   
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright (YA FIC KOERTGE)
Worried that his mother will send his beloved grandfather to a nursing home "for his own good," Jesse and some of his eighth-grade classmates accompany Pappy into the mountains near their small California town to look for the tiger tracks he claims to have seen.