Yuma Public Library

Junie B. is very upset when a boy in her class plans to invite everyone except her to his birthday party, but her grandfather helps her deal with the situation.

Young Cedric is quite happy living with his widowed mother in New York and visiting with his best friend. The Cedric learns that he is Lord Fauntleroy and will one day become an Earl. But in order to claim his title, he will have to leave behind everything he knows to live with his hard-hearted grandfather in England. Can Cedric win over his grandfather? And is he the real Lord Fauntleroy?

Marisol and her grandfather find a skinny brown mutt, and Marisol persuades Grandfather to feed the dog. Can she convince him to give this outside dog a home?

In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.

Ellie's scientist grandfather has discovered a way to reverse aging, and consequently has turned into a teenager--which makes for complicated relationships when he moves in with Ellie and her mother, his daughter.

Twelve-year-old Annie ponders the many rhythms of life the year that her mother becomes pregnant, her grandfather begins faltering, and her best friend (and running partner) becomes distant.

Charlie Carlisle's grandfather is ill. Charlie's friend, Singing Bird, a Teton Sioux, tells him that ravens have curing powers, so Charlie steals a baby bird from its nest. Granddad, a retired naturalist, encourages Charlie to record his observations of the bird and study the effect it has on humans. Charlie just hopes that the raven will make Granddad well.

Noah's granddaughter helps him bring the animals onto the ark, calm them down, and get them to sleep.

"Three short stories set in a hutong, or residential alleyway, of Beijing, China. Yu Er, her grandfather, and their eccentric neighbors and experience the magic of everyday life"--

"When he realizes that his grandfather's stories of an enchanted circus are true, Micah Tuttle sets out to find the mysterious Circus Mirandus--and to use its magic to save his grandfather's life"--Provided by publisher.