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Books for Preschoolers (3-4 years old)
Books to Inspire Creativity
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Books to Inspire Creativity
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A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.
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After her grandfather's death, a young girl explores her Baba Bazorg's house. As the girl wanders through the house, almost idly, her Baba Bazorg's house stands in for the man himself, with each object she describes standing as a touchstone to a memory, and each memory serving as a window into the relationship between the child and her grandfather. As she looks through its rooms, the things she sees and the object she touches bring to life memories...
6) Stone Fox
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Little Willie hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters.
7) Beneath
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Finn is in a bad mood, so his grandfather takes him on a walk in the forest, and tells him about all the things that are beneath the surface of plants and animals--and even people.
8) War stories
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"Twelve-year-old Trevor Firestone loves playing war-based video games and he idolizes his great-grandfather Jacob who came home from World War II a celebrated hero; now ninety-three Jacob wants to retrace his journey in memory and reality and return to the small French village that his unit liberated, and Trevor is going with him--but not everyone in the town want Jacob to come, and Trevor is going to learn an important lesson: real war is not a video...
9) Heart finds
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Eleven-year-old Mabel is a quiet loner who only feels like herself when she is extreme treasure hunting with her grampa, but when her friendships start to crumble and her grampa suffers a stroke, Mabel must learn to let go of the past and embrace the future.
10) Grandpa Green
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A child explores the ordinary life of his extraordinary great-grandfather, as expressed in his topiary garden.
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"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. Even when there isn't a bite to catch, he reminds young Michael that it takes patience to get what's coming to you. One morning, when Granddaddy heads into town in his fancy suit, Michael knows that something very special must be happening--and sure enough, everyone is lined up at town hall! For the very...
13) All around us
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Finding circles everywhere, a grandfather and his granddaughter meditate on the cycles of life and nature.
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Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Picture Books for Black Lives
The Work of Author-Illustrator Floyd Cooper
Picture Books for Black Lives
The Work of Author-Illustrator Floyd Cooper
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When Max leaves his grandfather's house, the moon follows him all the way home, just as Grandpa promised it would.
16) In plain sight
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"An ailing grandfather and his helpful granddaughter play a unique game of seek and find"--
17) The treasure box
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Before he becomes very sick, Grandpa enjoys joining his granddaughter in her favorite activity, searching for things to add to her secret treasure box, including a broken robin's egg, a rusty spring, and a snakeskin that makes Grandpa squirm and make funny faces.
18) Grandpa's quilt
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Three children remake their grandpa's quilt so it will fit him better.