Books for and about Grandparents

 

Grandpa Toad's secrets by Keiko Kasza. 
 
The Grandma Book
The Grandpa Book
both by Todd Parr
With his characteristic vibrant illustrations and simple but poignant text, Todd Parr celebrates the special bond between grandparents and grandchildren. From dancing
grandmas and hula-hooping grandpas to grandmas and grandpas in wheelchairs and in nursing homes, these two books are a tribute to all the different kinds of grandparents in the world.

Watch Out For Chicken Feet in Your Soup by
Tomie De Paola
Embarrassed to introduce his friend to his old-fashioned Italian grandmother, a young boy gains a new appreciation of her when he finds how well she and his friend get along

Our Granny by Margaret Wild

"My Hippie Grandmama."

Andy Shane and the Very Bossy Dolores Starbuckle by Jacobson


The Grandpa and Gus books by Mills


Our Granny by Julie Vivas

Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox and illustrated by Julie Vivas

Cynthia Rylant When I was Young in the MOuntains


Claudia Mills' series "Gus and Grandpa"

the Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster

 

 The Gift"

 

"Bravo, Zan Angleo." 

 

 "Dear Juno."

Allen, Thomas B. On granddaddy's farm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, [1989].
Note: The author relates events from the 1930s, when he and his cousins spent summers on their grandparents' farm in the hills of Tennessee.  

Bogart, JoEllen and Reid, Barbara. Gifts.

New York: Scholastic, [1995].
Note: A grandmother travels around the world and brings backs gifts for her granddaughter.  

Bunting, Eve. The Wednesday surprise.

New York, [1989].
Note: Anna and her grandmother look at family albums in preparing a surprise for Anna's father's birthday.  

Daly, Niki. Bravo, Zan Angelo!

New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, [1998].
Note: In Renaissance Venice, Angelo, longing to be as famous a clown as his grandfather, decides to do something special with his small part in his grandfather's commedia dell'arte production during Carnival.  

dePaola, Tomie. Tom.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1993]
Note: Aside from having the same name, Tommy and his grandfather share a sense of humor.  

Flournoy, Valerie and Pinkney, Jerry. The patchwork quilt. 1st ed.

New York:Dial Books for Young Readers, [1985].  
Note: Using scraps cut from the family's old clothing, Tanya helps her grandmother and mother make a beautiful quilt that tells the story of her family's life.  

Flournoy, Valerie. Tanya's reunion.

New York: Dial, [1995].
Note: When she and her grandmother go to help with preparations for a big family reunion, Tanya learns about the history of the farm in Virginia where Grandma grew up.  

Greenfield, Eloise and Cooper, Floyd. Grandpa's face.

New York: Philomel,[1988].  
Note: Seeing her beloved grandfather making a mean face while he rehearses for one of his plays, Tamika becomes afraid that someday she will lose his love and he will make a mean face at her.  

Hest, Amy and Schwartz, Amy. The crack-of-dawn walkers. New York: Macmillan,[1984].  
Note: Every other Sunday, Sadie and her grandfather go for their special early morning walk.  

Kimmelman, Leslie and Burton, Marilee Robin. Me and Nana. 1st ed.

New York: Harper & Row, [1990].  
Note: Natalie's fun-filled activities with her grandmother include shopping, going to the zoo, having snacks, and feeding the dogs in the neighborhood.  

MacLachlan, Patricia and Wimmer, Mike. All the places to love. 1st ed.
New York: HarperCollins, [1994].  
Note: A young boy describes the favorite places that he shares with his family on his grandparents' farm and in the nearby countryside.  

Pak, Soyung and Hartung, Susan Kathleen. Dear Juno.

New York: Puffin, [2001,1999].  
Note: Although Juno, a Korean American boy, cannot read the letter he receives from his grandmother in Seoul, he understands what it means from the photograph and dried flower that are enclosed and decides to send a similar letter back to her.  

Polacco, Patricia. Babushka Baba Yaga.

New York: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, [1999, 1993].  
Note: The villagers are afraid of her, so the legendary Baba Yaga disguises herself as an old woman in order to know the joys of being a grandmother.  

Schwartz, Amy. Oma and Bobo. 1st ed.

New York: Bradbury Press, [1987].
Note: Bobo the dog learns to sit, stay, and fetch with the help of Grandmother Oma.  

Stock, Catherine. Gugu's house.

New York: Clarion Books, [2001].
Note: Kukamba loves helping her grandmother decorate her mud home in a dusty Zimbabwe village, but when the annual rains partially destroy all her art work, Kukamba learns to see the goodness of the rains.  

Williams, Vera B. A chair for my mother. 1st ed.

New York: Greenwillow Books,[1982].  
Note: A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.


Cutler, Jane and Ryan, Susannah. Darcy and Gran don't like babies.

New York:Scholastic, [1993].  
Note: A young girl and her grandmother decide that, in spite of not liking the baby now, they actually "deep down" like him and will like him better "later on." 

Levinson, Riki and Goode, Diane. I go with my family to Grandma's.

New York: Trumpet Club, [1990].  
Note: Each of five cousins tells how they, and their families, go to visit their grandmother in 1915.  

Moon, Nocola and Ayliffe, Alex. Lucy's picture.

New York: Scholastic,[1994].
Note: When Lucy's grandfather comes for a visit, Lucy makes him a very special picture in school.  

Granddaddy and Janetta by Helen V. Griffin


Grandmas at Bat by Emily McCully


Too Many Babas by Carolyn Croll


Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs by Tomie de Paola

"Grandfather Tang"

"Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas"