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"Claudia's sister, Janine, is too busy being smart to be nice to anyone-- even their grandmother, Mimi. But Claudia doesn't have to see Janine too much this summer since the Baby-sitters Club is starting a new play group. It's going to be so much fun! But then Mimi has a stroke, and the whole summer changes. Now Claudia is "Mimi-sitting" and Janine is no help at all. How can the Kishi sisters get along when Janine is always so mean?"--P. [4] of cover....
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Grandma Dowdel volume 1
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English
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A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
12) Gran's bees
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Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
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On a visit to her grandmother's farm, Jessie discovers the secrets of beekeeping that will allow her to carry on her grandmother's work.
15) Mailing May
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Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1997
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English
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In 1914, because her family cannot afford a train ticket to her grandmother's town, May gets mailed and rides the mail car on the train to see her grandmother.
16) The snail house
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Grandma tells Michael, Hannah, and their baby brother the story of three children who shrink to such a small size that they decide to live in a snail's shell.