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Granddaddy's Gift

author: Mitchell, Margaree King
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
subjects: african americans [X], grandfathers [X], voting, mississippi

The Piano Man

author: Chocolate, Deborah M. Newton
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
subjects: grandfathers [X], pianists, silent films, african americans [X]

Prince

author: Brooks, Bruce
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
subjects: hockey, basketball, african americans [X], grandfathers [X]

Heaven's All-star Jazz Band

author: Carter, Don
A young boy imagines his grandfather playing with jazz music greats up in heaven.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: jazz, musicians, grandfathers [X], heaven, african americans [X]

Molasses Man

author: May, Kathy
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
subjects: molasses, grandfathers [X], african americans [X]

Fishing

author: Engel, Diana
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:
subjects: grandfathers [X], moving, household, fishing, african americans [X]

The House On Childress Street

author: Jasper, Kenji
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
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Kenya's Family Reunion

author: Ford, Juwanda G
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:
subjects: family reunions, grandfathers [X], farm life, african americans [X]

The Tuskegee Airmen Story

author: Homan, Lynn M
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

author: Cooper, Floyd
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
subjects: grandfathers [X], moon, african americans [X], picture books for children

Granddaddy's Street Songs

author: Degross, Monalisa
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
subjects: peddlers and peddling, grandfathers [X], african americans [X]

Tambourine Moon

author: Jones, Joy
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:
subjects: night, grandfathers [X], african americans [X], moon

Granddaddy's Turn

author: Bandy, Michael S
"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

In Plain Sight

author: Jackson, Richard, 1936-
"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:
subjects: grandfathers [X], games, african americans [X]

Doing Right

author: Jones, Patrick
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

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