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Picture Books By Topic: extended family
Don’t Call Me Grandma
Illustrated by: Elizabeth Zunon
Description: Great-grandmother Nell eats fish for breakfast, she doesn’t hug or kiss, and she does NOT want to be called grandma. Her great-granddaughter isn’t sure what to think about her. As she slowly learns more about Nell’s life and experiences, the girl finds ways to connect with her prickly great-grandmother. (Description from Lerner Books)
Ages: 3-6, 6-9
Topics: African-American, extended family, Great grandmother, women
Abuela
Illustrated by: Elisa Kleven
Description: A little girl and her grandmother fly together over New York City. (Also in a Spanish edition)
Ages: 3-6
Topics: creativity, extended family, grandparents, intergenerational, multicultural
A Chair for My Mother
Description: Grandparents, families, cooperation, saving, goal-setting A girl, her mother, and grandmother all contribute coins to the coin jar that will buy a new chair for mama after a fire destroys their possessions.
Ages: 3-6
Topics: cities, extended family, fears, making a difference, perseverance, thankfulness, wisdom
A Map into the World
Illustrated by: Seo Kim
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Description: Paj Ntaub, a young Hmong American girl, and her family reach out to an older grieving neighbor. Growth & aging & death are portrayed as normal and natural. Four generations are clearly delineated.
Ages: 3-6
Topics: community, extended family, family heritage, Grief, Hmong-American, intergenerational, late-life happiness, making a difference, neighbors
Aunt Flossie’s Hats (& Crab Cakes later)
Illustrated by: James Ransome
Description: Families, family stories, hats. When they visit their favorite relative, Sara and Susan enjoy her collection of hats and stories and share crab cakes.
Ages: 3-6
Topics: African-American, extended family, family heritage, history, intergenerational, multicultural, using life experiences
Bottle Houses: The Creative World of Grandma Prisbrey
Illustrated by: Julie Paschkis
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Description: Creative life, imagination and perseverance, love of color. Real life Grandma P. builds her own creative home from bottles and other found materials. Sadly out of print, but still available.
Ages: 3-6, 6-9
Topics: aging, art, creativity, extended family, grandmother, intergenerational, late-life career, perseverance, picture book bios, work
Family Pictures/Cuadros de Familia
Description: Non-fiction. Folk paintings and brief narratives recall the artist’s growing up in a large Hispanic family in Texas. Diversity/Multicultural – Hispanic (American), bilingual – Spanish/English, families, everyday activities, memoir
Ages: 3-6, 6-9
Topics: aging, art, extended family, family heritage, grandparents, intergenerational, multicultural, traditions
Fancy Nancy: Bonjour Butterfly
Illustrated by: Robin Preiss Glasser
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Description: Family,Grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary
Ages: 3-6
Topics: extended family, grandparents, late-life romance
Full, Full, Full of Love
Illustrated by: Paul Howard
Description: Sunday Dinner at Grandma's house. Multi-cultural (Af. Am.) out of print
Ages: 3-6
Topics: African-American, extended family, grandmother, intergenerational, multicultural, thankfulness, traditions
Grandfather Counts
Illustrated by: Ange Zheng
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Description: Multi-cultural (bi-racial family: American, Chinese), grandparents, language differences.
Ages: 3-6
Topics: China, extended family, grandparents, intergenerational, multicultural
