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1) Like so
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Just as the sun loves the day and the moon loves the waves, a grandmother shows how her family's love is natural and connected to the world around them.
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"Ju-Girl's favorite days are the ones spent with Granddad in his garage, fixing cars and hearing stories about his old blue pickup. Granddad used to drive the blue pickup all over the island, bringing happiness to many. And now it just sits in the driveway. One day, Ju-Girl asks Granddad if he'd ever fix it, and he's unsure at first. But the pair soon finds out just what it takes to restore the memory of the blue pickup and to create new stories along...
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"Molly and Nainai have never been apart but now Molly's grandmother must return to China. After trying to walk to the airport herself, and sending hearts through the mail, Molly video chats with Nainai. It feels strange to see her on the phone - she looks small and sounds far away - but a familiar lullaby brings them together again. [subject: bilingual families/grandparent-grandchild]"--
11) Spotting Dottie
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"In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, fourteen-year-old Charlotte wants to use her new drone to prove that Dottie, the elusive lake monster of Lake Dorothy, really exists."--
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Making meatballs for Grandpa, who no longer remembers much but loves to help cook, a little girl and her Grandma find cooking together makes more than just a meal as they prepare a savory Italian dinner, in this sensory-rich picture book about food, family and heritage.
15) La mariachi
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In the 1970s mariachi was only for boys, but when Tuchi stumbles across her nana's guitarrón she decides to audition for her school's mariachi ensemble.
16) Gaga mistake day
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A girl and her eccentric grandmother spend a day being silly together.
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"Victorian socialite Clara Stanton strives to protect her eccentric family's reputation, but that proves to be difficult when her grandfather takes off on a flight of fancy. Thrown together with vagabond tinker Theodore Kingsley, Clara sets off to follow her grandfather's whimsical adventure and finds love along the way"--