Our Books About Elders
At storytime and during reading groups, we read picture books about families and elders. We are writing book reports about these stories. Here are some of the books we have read so far. Check the public library for these books so you can read them at home.
Grandpa's Corner Store by Dyanne DiSolvo-Ryan
Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen by Dyanne DiSolve-Ryan
The Storyteller by Joan Weisman
My Great-Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston
My Grandmother's Journey by John Cech
Shoes from Grandpa by Mem Fox
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
Georgia Music by Helen V. Griffith
Guess Who My Favorite Person Is by Bryd Baylor
All Join In by Quentin Blake
The Canada Geese Quilt by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Supergrandpa by David M. Schwartz
The Worry Stone by Marianna Dengler
I Know a Lady by Charlotte Zolotow
Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco
Mood Pocket Mud Bucket by Deborah Turney Zagwyn
My Grandmother's Patchwork Quilt by Janet Bolton
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson
Through Grandpa's Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan
Mandy by Barbara D. Booth
Grandaddy's Place by Helen V. Griffith
Grandpa's Face by Eloise Greenfield
The Wise Woman and Her Secret by Eve Merriam
Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman
Miss Rumphius by Barabar Cooney
The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis
The Quilt Story by Tony Johnson and Tomie dePaola
The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flourney
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railway in the Sky by Faith Ringgold
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
Clara and the Bookwagon by Nancy Smiler Levinson
Dakota Dugout by Ann Turner
Family Pictures by Carmen Lomas Garza
Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
Roxaboxen by Barbara Cooney
Dragonfly's Tale by Kristina Rodanas
Seya's Song by Ron Hirschi
Isla by Arthur Dorros
Abuela by Arthur Dorros
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