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|Author |Title* |Type** |Ethnic/Cultural Group |Memoir |Immigration |Knowledge |

|Ackerman, Karen |By Dawn’s Early Light* |P/F | | | | |

|Andrews, Jan |Auction, The* |P/F | |X | |X |

|Beake, Lesley |Song of Be |YA/F |African | | | |

|Bunting, Eve |Butterfly House* |P/F | | | |X |

|Bunting, Eve |Day Before Christmas, The* |P/F | | | |X |

|Bunting, Eve |Day’s Work, A* |P/F |Hispanic | |X |X |

|Bunting, Eve |Picnic in October, A* |P/F | | |X |X |

|Bunting, Eve |Wall, The |P/F | | | |X |

|Cech, John |My Grandmother’s Journey* |P/NF |European |X |X | |

|Curtis, Christopher Paul |Bud, Not Buddy* |YA/F |African-American | | |X |

|Fleischman, Paul |Lost: A Story in String |P/F | |X | |X |

|Fleischman, Paul |Mind’s Eye* |YA/F | | | |X |

|Garland, Sherry |Lotus Seed, The* |P/F |Asian | |X |X |

|Gilbert, Barbara |Stone Water* |YA/F | | | |X |

|Giovanni, Nikki |Grandmothers* |SS/NF |African-American, Asian, |X |X |X |

| | | |Hispanic, Native American | | | |

|Hall, Donald |Farm Summer 1942, The* |P/F | |X | |X |

|Hamilton, Virginia |Her Stories |P/Legends |African American, African | | |X |

|Hearne, Betsy |Seven Brave Women* |P/HF | |X | | |

|Hendershot, Judith |In Coal Country* |P/HF | |X | |X |

|Hendershot, Judith |Up the Tracks to Grandma’s* |P/HF | |X | |X |

|Hest, Amy |When Jessie Came Across the Sea* |P/HF |European | |X | |

|High, Linda |Beekeepers* |P/F | |X | | |

|Howard, Ellen |Log Cabin Quilt, The* |P/HF | | | | |

|Hunter, Sara |Unbreakable Code, The* |P/HF |Native American | | |X |

|Jam, Teddy |Year of Fire, The* |P/HF | |X | | |

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|Author |Title* |Type** |Ethnic/Cultural Group |Memoir |Immigration |Knowledge |

|Johnson, Angela |Toning the Sweep* |YA/F |African-American | | |X |

|LaMarche, Jim |Raft, The |P/F | | | |X |

|Lester, Julius |Blues Singers, The |YA/NF |African-American | | | |

|Lowry, Lois |Silent Boy, The |F |X | | |X |

|Lyon, George Ella |With a Hammer for My Heart* |YA/F |Appalachian | | |X |

|MacLachlan, Patricia |All the Places to Love |P/F | | | |X |

|MacLachlan, Particia |Journey* |YA/F | | | |X |

|McKissack, Patricia |Ma Dear’s Aprons* |P/HF |African-American |X | |X |

|Mora, Pat |Tomas and the Library Lady |P/HF |Hispanic |X | | |

|Paterson, Katherine |Same Stuff As Stars, The |F | | | |X |

|Peck, Richard |Long Way From Chicago, A* |YA/F | | | |X |

|Peck, Richard |Year Down Yonder, A* |YA/F | | | |X |

|Polacco, Patricia |Thank You, Mr. Falker |P/HF | |X | |X |

|Rosen, Michael |Heart is Big Enough, The |SS/F | | | |X |

|Rosenberg, Liz |Grandmother and the Runaway Shadow* |P/HF |Russian | |X | |

|Rumford, James |Cloudmakers, The* |P/HF |Asian | | | |

|Rylant, Cynthia |Islander, The* |YA/F | | | |X |

|Rylant, Cynthia |Children of Christmas |SS/F | | | | |

|Rylant, Cynthia |Missing May * |YA/F |Appalachian | | |X |

|Say, Allen |Grandfather’s Journey* |P/HF |Asian |X |X | |

|Schnur, Steven |Shadow Children, The* |P/HF |European | | |X |

|Thomas, Jane |Lights on the River |P/F |Hispanic | | | |

|Watson, Mary |Butterfly Seeds, The* |P/F |European | |X |X |

|Wells, Rosemary |Language of Doves, The* |P/HF |Italian |X | | |

|Williams-Garcia, Rita |Like Sisters on the Homefront |YA/F* |African-American | | |X |

|Yolen, Jane |Letting Swift River Go |P/F | |X | |X |

|*: A grandparent/ grandparent figure is a major character. |P—Picture Book |F—Fiction |

|**: Types |YA—Young Adult Book |NF—Nonfiction |

| |SS—Short Story Collection |HF—Historical Fiction (includes memoirs) |

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Grandparents (last updated September 2009)

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