Grandfathers

Finding Days Bottom

By Candice Ransom

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After her father dies, eleven-year-old Jane-Ery slowly finds healing through her relationship with her grandfather and their rural Virginia home. J Fic Ran
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The Wanderer

By Sharon Creech

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Thirteen year old Sophie and her cousin Cody record their Transatlantic crossing aboard the Wanderer, a forty-five foot sailboat, which, along with uncles & another cousin, is en route to visit their grandfather in England. J Fic Cre
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The Bee Tree

By Patricia Polacco

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A grandfather leads his granddaughter and a growing crowd in search of the tree where bees keep all their honey.

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By the Hanukkah Light

By Sheldon Oberman

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When the family gathers to celebrate Hanukkah, Grandfather tells his own story of the holiday from World War II.

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The Language of Doves

By Rosemary Wells

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On her sixth birthday, Julietta's grandfather gives her one of his beautiful homing pigeons and tells her a story of his experience raising and training doves in Italy during the Great War.

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The House of Wings

By Betsy Byars

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This chapter book tells the story of a ten-year-old boy named Sammy whose parents leave him with his grandfather in West Virginia so they can try to make a fresh start in Indiana. The grandfather is gruff and only seems to care for the wild birds who pass through the mountains. Sammy wants to run away, but a hurt crane needing his attention convinces him to stay and learn more about birds and his quiet grandfather.
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Gus and Grandpa

By Claudia Mills

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Gus is almost seven, and Grandpa is almost seventy, but they have a great time together.

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Grandpa Putter and Granny Hoe

By Kimberly Olson Fakih

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Twins Jazz and Roo find themselves in the middle of a non-stop war of one-upmanship as their bickering grandparents vie for their attention. [Book description[

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Grandad Bill's Song

By Jane Yolen

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A boy asks others how they felt when his grandfather died and then shares his own feelings.

Suggested for ages 4 - 7

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Grandpa Abe

By Marisabina Russo

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Grandpa Abe enters Sarah's life as her grandmother's boyfriend, becomes her grandfather by marriage, and enriches her life before leaving it.

Suggested for ages 3 - 7

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