Celebrating Grandparents

Fiction

The Hero’s Walk by Anita Rau Badami

City of Thieves by David Benioff

Caramelo: Or Puro Cuento by Sandra Cisneros

The Zigzag Way by Anita Desai

The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Eve Green by Susan Fletcher

Love Mercy by Earlene Fowler

Mix-Up in Miniature: A Miniature Mystery by Margaret Grace

Gardenias for Breakfast by Robin Jones Gunn

North River by Pete Hamill

The Pleasure Was Mine by Tommy Hays

Knit the Season by Kate Jacobs

Chasing Lily by Dixie Kane

Bill Warrington’s Last Chance by James King

The End of East by Jen Sookfong Lee

Red’s Hot Honky-Tonk Bar by Pamela Morsi

The Last Storyteller by Diane Noble

Love’s Abiding Joy by Janette Oke

My Jim by Nancy Rawles

Firefly Cloak by Sheri Reynolds

Wingshooters by Nina Revoyr

The MacGregor Brides by Nora Roberts

Worthy’s Town by Sharon Rolens

Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio

The Bird House by Kelly Simmons

PopCo by Scarlett Thomas

The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama

Sweeping Up Glass by Carolyn Wall

In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner

Ya-Yas in Bloom by Rebecca Wells

Skeletons by Kate Wilhelm

Letters for Emily by Camron Wright

Nonfiction

These Things I Wish by Lee Pitts  155.25 PIT

The Spirituality of Grandparenting by Ralph Milton and Beverley Milton  248.845 MIL

You Can Call Me Hoppa! The Grandparents’ Guide to Choosing a Name that Fits by Lauren Charpio  306.8745 CHA

Chicken Soup for the Grandparent’s Soul by Jack Canfield, ed.  306.8745 CHI

Eye of My Heart: 27 Writers Reveal the Hidden Pleasures and Perils of Being a Grandmother by Barbara Graham, ed.  306.8745 EYE

Grandloving: Making Memories with Your Grandchildren by Sue Johnson, Julie Carlson and Elizabeth Bower 306.8745  JOH

The Granny Diaries: An Insider’s Guide for New Grandmothers by Adair Lara  306.8745 LAR

Grandparents: Enjoying and Caring for Your Grandchild by Miriam Stoppard  306.8745 STO

The Long Distance Grandmother: How to Stay Close to Distant Grandchildren by Selma Wassermann 306.8745 WAS

The Modern Grandparent’s Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to the New Rules of Grandparenting by Georgia Witkin  306.8745 WIT

Connect With Your Grandkids: Fun Ways to Bridge the Miles by Cheri Fuller  649.10853 FUL

The Really Useful Grandparents’ Book by Eleo Gordon and Tom Lacey  790.1 GOR

Don’t Sing at the Table: Life Lessons from My Grandmothers by Adriana Trigiani  813.6 TRI

Grandparents Illinois Style: [Places to Go & Wisdom to Share] by Mike Link and Kate Crowley  917.73 LIN 

In 1978, President Jimmy Carter proclaimed that National Grandparents Day would be celebrated every year on the first Sunday after Labor Day.

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