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Remembering childhood stories her grandfather once told her, young physician Natalia becomes convinced that he spent his last days searching for "the deathless man," a vagabond who claimed to be immortal. As Natalia struggles to understand why her grandfather, a deeply rational man would go on such a farfetched journey, she stumbles across a clue that leads her to the extraordinary story of the tiger's wife.
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David Ezra Stein pens irresistible tales that win over young readers while earning such distinctions as the Caldecott Honor and the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. In this engaging book, a young mouse sits down to write her grandmother a letter, but she can't think of anything to say. All of a sudden, though, she is flooded with ideas and starts scribbling down all the wonders of her life. A warmhearted story, Love, Mouserella may even inspire young...
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Documenting his grandparents' experiences during the siege of Leningrad, a young writer learns his grandfather's story about how a military deserter and he tried to secure pardons by gathering hard-to-find ingredients for a powerful colonel's daughter's wedding cake.
9) The flamingo
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English
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Best Children's Books 2022
Books By And About Asian Americans And Pacific Islanders
New Children's Books November 2022
Summer Reading 2023: 2nd To 3rd Grade
Books By And About Asian Americans And Pacific Islanders
New Children's Books November 2022
Summer Reading 2023: 2nd To 3rd Grade
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In a nearly wordless graphic novel, a little girl, while on a beachy vacation with her Lao Lao, finds a beautiful flamingo feather in her grandmother's house that turns her visit into something wonderful and magical.
10) Snow
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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
Description
Join a boy and his grandfather as they enjoy a snow day in the park!
13) Grandad's island
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Presents the story about a little boy coming to terms with the loss of his beloved grandfather.
14) Our favorite day
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2019.
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English
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Follows Papa and his granddaughter as they spend another Thursday together.
16) The lost ryu
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Running out of time to make his grandfather smile once again before it's too late, Kohei searches for a ryu --a dragon of legend--in this multigenerational story about the lengths to which people will go to protect those they love.
19) Pike
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Douglas Pike is no longer the murderous hustler he was in his youth, but reforming hasn't made him much kinder. When his estranged daughter overdoses, Pike takes in his granddaughter Wendy. Following in her wake is a dirty cop named Kreiger, who carries an unhealthy interest in the girl.
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