Molly's grandmother has returned to China because her visa is up. Molly misses Nainai, and the space between them seems immense until a familiar lullaby, shared through screen time, brings them together again. This is a poignant family...
Grandparent and child
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Author:Byers, MarcellaSummary:Mitsy and Marty Mouse Visit Grandpa shares a powerful and vivid lesson about caring for the needs and feelings of others. As two fun little mice visit their grandfather, they learn the importance of compassion and the value of family...
- Author:Luby, BrittanySummary:
In this lyrical story-poem, written in Anishinaabemowin and English, a child and grandmother explore their surroundings, taking pleasure in the familiar sights that each new season brings.
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Author:Walters, EricSummary:When Kioko sees the village dogs chase after the matatu, his grandfather tells him an African folktale about a dog, a goat and a sheep that explains why the dogs behave as they do. This edition combines both written and spoken words....
- Author:Dewdney, AnnaSummary:
It’s an exciting day for Llama Llama; he’s going to visit Gram and Grandpa Llama and spend the night! His first night away from home….and from Mama. But he makes sure to pack everything he needs. And there are so many fun...
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Author:Slipperjack, RubySummary:A young Ojibway girl, struggling over the fact that her father has died, spends summers in the bush with her grandmother and finds her own identity and voice.
Eleven-year-old Ray feels like a misfit at school and in her family....
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Author:Plett, CaseySummary:It's the dead of winter in Winnipeg and Wendy Reimer, a thirty-year-old trans woman, feels like her life is frozen in place. When her Oma passes away Wendy receives an unexpected phone call from a distant family friend with a startling...
- Author:Portella Bricka, Patricia, Marc-Antoine, ZouékiSummary:
Les gens du Sud n’aiment pas la pluie présente une fresque de la survivance en temps de guerre. Carmen, le personnage central du roman est une femme simple, ballotée par l’Histoire. Une vie pleine de mystères, d’injustices et de misères...
- Author:Thomas, RosieSummary:
Une grandiose histoire d’amour, de perte et de pardon. L’arrivée de Ruby, une adolescente troublée, provoque un tourbillon dans la maison d’Iris Black, sa grand-mère de 82 ans. Fuyant la relation tendue qu’elle entretient avec sa mère,...
- Author:Ruel, FrancineSummary:
Gilles, vingt-neuf ans, se retrouve amoché dans le Montréal d'après la pandémie : il a perdu son travail de guide touristique, sa copine et son logement. En désespoir de cause, il se réfugie chez son grand-père Henri, qui possède...
- Author:Vermette, KatherenaSummary:
Les Sept enseignements des Anishinaabeg (l’amour, la sagesse, l’humilité, le courage, le respect, l’honnêteté et la vérité) sont au cœur de ces sept histoires pour enfants. Se déroulant en milieu urbain et mettant en scène des...
- Author:Diouf, BoucarSummary:
Le Bourlingueur. Oh, il est bien connu à travers tout Matungoua ce Bourlingueur! Il s'appelle Zinalé. Tous les jours ou presque, il se promène sur les berges du fleuve Rigaloua, où habitent ses copains hippopotames. Un jour, deux hippos...
- Author:Lalonde, CatherineSummary:
Entre le conte de fées enragé et la reprise hallucinée des récits d’apprentissage, entre la forêt de Sainte-Amère-de-Laurentie et la grande ville électrique, La dévoration des fées raconte le sort de la p’tite, de Grand-maman et de...
- Author:Love, JessicaSummary:
While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their dresses end in fishtails, and their joy fills the train car. When...
- Author:Love, JessicaSummary:
Julián and his abuela are going to a wedding. Better yet, Julián is in the wedding. Weddings have flowers and kissing and dancing and cake. And this wedding also has a new friend named Marisol. It's not long before Julián and...
- Author:Davidson, Robert, Gibbons, Janine, Davidson, Sara FlorenceSummary:
In this book, a grandfather and grandson (Robert Davidson) spend the day jigging for halibut off the northern tip of Haida Gwaii. They begin by rowing together in a wooden dinghy from their home in the village of Massett toward the...
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Author:McFarlane, Sheryl, Redhead, Leslie, Gould, HeatherSummary:This is an enhanced ebook with a read-along function. This gorgeously illustrated picture book is a celebration of summer vacation and West Coast island life. Every day is different on Gran's island in the Salish Sea as...
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Author:Grant, VickiSummary:After a big fight with his wife, Rupert's grandfather, known to everyone as Gump, packs up and moves into Gentle Breezes Nudist Community for Active Seniors. Thirteen-year-old Rupert is sent in to talk some sense into him. While he...
- Author:Ward, KathleenSummary:
How do you know someone loves you? dance, bake, frolic in the leaves and journey with one granddaughter as she discovers all the ways she can know her grandma's love.
- Author:Ryan, EimearSummary:
When Beth Crowe starts university, she is shadowed by the ghost of her potential as a competitive swimmer. As the year goes on she begins a quest to discover more about her grandfather's death and the poetry he left behind.
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