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Jennie's boy : a Newfoundland childhood / by Johnston, Wayne,author.;
"Consummate storyteller and bestselling novelist Wayne Johnston reaches back into his past to bring us a sad, tender and at times extremely funny memoir of a Newfoundland boyhood few thought he would survive, including him. For six months between 1966 and 1967, Wayne Johnston and his family lived in a wreck of a house across from his grandparents in Goulds, Newfoundland, which was not so much a place as a scattering of houses along an unpaved road. At seven, Wayne was sickly and skinny, unable to keep food down, unable to sleep, plagued with a relentless cough that no doctor could diagnose, though they had already removed his tonsils, adenoids and appendix. Heart murmur, pleurisy, a tapeworm? All were suspected, and none confirmed. To the community he was known as "Jennie's boy," and his tiny, ferocious mother felt judged for Wayne's condition at the same time as worried he might not grow up to be his own man. While his brothers went off to school, and his parents to work, trying to stave off the next eviction, Wayne spent his days with his witty, religious, deeply eccentric maternal grandmother, Lucy, who kept a statue of the Blessed Virgin in one of her bedrooms along with a photo of her son Leonard, who had died at seven. During these six months of Wayne's childhood, he and Lucy faced two life-or-death crises, and only one of them lived to tell the tale. Jennie's Boy is Wayne's tribute to a family and a community that were simultaneously fiercely protective of him and fed up with having to make allowances for him: grandparents, parents and siblings, aunts and uncles, and the people of the Goulds, whose pet and nuisance he was. He recalls a boyhood full of pain, yes, but also laughter, tenderness, and the kind of wit that is peculiar to Newfoundlanders. By that wit, and by their love for each other--so often expressed in the most unloving ways--he, and they, survived."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Johnston, Wayne; Johnston, Wayne; Johnston, Wayne.; Families.; Authors, Canadian (English);
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Abueloasaurio / by Walliams, David,1971-; Stower, Adam.;
Ha llegado la hora de irse a la cama. La abuela lee un cuento y apaga la luz. ¡Hasta mañana! Pero este pequeño no se quiere dormir y, al escuchar ruidos, decide bajar a explorar. Cuál no será su sorpresa cuando descubre a un montón de dinosaurios bailando como locos en el salón. ¿Será que su abuela es en realidad... un abuelasaurio? = One night, Spike creeps downstairs in his pajamas to find that his granny has turned into a dinosaur -- GRANNYSAURUS! There are dinosaurs BOOGYING in the living room. With Brontosaurus, Stegosaurus, and Giganotosaurus, it's a DINO DISCO! Spike wants to stay up and party too! How will Grannysaurus ever get him back to bed? Perhaps her next guest, Tyrannosaurus Rex, can help?
Subjects: Picture books.; Dinosaurs; Grandparents; Dreams; Imagination; Spanish language materials.;
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La aventura más grande / by Piedra, Tony.; Berriz, Abel.;
Eliot's grandfather, El Capitán, has retired from the sea, and after listening to his grandfather's stories, Eliot is ready for an adventure--so they set out together to find one they can share.LSC
Subjects: Hispanic American boys; Grandfathers; Grandparent and child; Sailing;
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Le guide des grands-mamans pour les petits / by Clarke, Jane,1954-; Fleming, Lucy.; Allard, Isabelle.;
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Subjects: Grands-mères; Grands-parents et enfants; Grandmothers; Grandparent and child;
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Maxime va à la pêche / by Smith, Annette.; Hoit, Richard,1970-;
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Subjects: Histoires de pêche.; Fishing stories.; Grands-pères; Grands-parents et enfants; Grandfathers; Grandparent and child;
© c2002., Groupe Beauchemin,
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Une surprise pour Vincent / by Giles, Jenny.; Hoit, Richard,1970-;
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Subjects: Grands-parents; Bicyclettes; Pistes cyclables; Grandparents; Bicycles; Bicycle trails;
© c2003., Groupe Beauchemin,
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Des lunettes pour Maxime / by Smith, Annette.; Hoit, Richard,1970-;
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Subjects: Grands-pères; Grands-parents et enfants; Lunettes; Grandfathers; Grandparent and child; Eyeglasses;
© c2002., Groupe Beauchemin,
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Au bord de la mer / by Jarden, Joan.; Rigby, Susy Boyer.;
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Subjects: Grands-mères; Grands-parents et enfants; Rivage; Grandmothers; Grandparent and child; Seashore;
© c2002., Groupe Beauchemin,
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Maxime et les oiseaux / by Smith, Annette.; Hoit, Richard,1970-;
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Subjects: Grands-pères; Grands-parents et enfants; Mangeoires d'oiseaux; Grandfathers; Grandparent and child; Bird feeders;
© c2002., Groupe Beauchemin,
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Des mots pour mon grand-père / by Cameron, Dave,1974-; Kang, Yong Ling.; Cavagna, Marlène.;
Subjects: Livres d'images.; Picture books.; Grands-pères; Grands-pères; Grands-parents et enfants; Grandfathers; Grandfathers; Grandparent and child; French language materials.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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