Granddaddy's Gift
When her grandfather registers to vote while living in segregated Mississippi, an African American girl begins to understand why he insists that she attend school.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 530
The Piano Man
A young African-American girl recalls the life story of her grandfather who performed in vaudeville and played piano forthe silent movies.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
Prince
When Prince, the Wolfbay Wings' only black hockey player, is aggressively recruited to play for the basketball team, he is torn between the sport he and his grandfather know and love and the sport that everyone else thinks he ought to play.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1140
Heaven's All-star Jazz Band
A young boy imagines his grandfather playing with jazz music greats up in heaven.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Molasses Man
A young boy describes how he watches his grandfather as all the family works together to harvest the sorghum cane and make molasses.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
Fishing
When Loretta moves to a new town, she misses her grandfather and the love of fishing they shared.
FIC
year: 1993
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
The House On Childress Street
Kenji Jasper recounts his efforts to learn more about the grandfather he barely knew, describing his journey through three generations of stories that defined his family and himself.
920
year: 2005
copies: 1
call number/section: 920
lexile:
subjects: langley, jesse james, jasper, kenji, grandchildren, african americans [X], grandfathers [X], african american families, southern states, washington (d.c.), brooklyn (new york, n.y.)
Kenya's Family Reunion
Kenya and other family members at the annual reunion decide to plan a special surprise for grandfather to honor the fiftieth anniversary of the family farm.
FIC
year: 1996
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
The Tuskegee Airmen Story
When Joshua, Krista, and their friend, Charlene, find Granddad's souvenirs of World War II, he takes the opportunity to tell them about the war and his experiences as a Tuskegee Airman.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: grandfathers [X], african american air pilots, african americans [X], world war, 1939-1945
Max And The Tag-along Moon
When Max leaves his grandfather's house, the moon follows him all the way home, just as Grandpa promised it would.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
Granddaddy's Street Songs
A grandfather vividly describes to his grandson a typical day from his youth, when he worked as a peddler selling fresh fruits and vegetables from a horse-drawn wagon throughout the city.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 500
Tambourine Moon
Noni is afraid as she and her grandaddy walk home, until he tells her how he met her Grandma Ismay one dark night in Alabama and how the big yellow moon came to light up the sky.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Granddaddy's Turn
"Life on the farm with Granddaddy is full of hard work, but despite all the chores, Granddaddy always makes time for play, especially fishing trips.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: voting, african americans [X], grandparent and child, grandfathers [X], grandparent-grandchild relationship, picture books
In Plain Sight
"An ailing grandfather and his helpful granddaughter play a unique game of seek and find"--.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Doing Right
Puzzling over conflicting advice from family members, seventeen-year-old DeQuin Lewis continually faces trouble inhis St.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: conduct of life, african americans [X], family life, father-son relationship, uncles, grandfathers [X], saint paul (minn.), fathers and sons, prisoners' families