Zero Grandparents
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Book Two, Jackson Friends series

ages 6 to 9, paperback and hardcover

Harcourt, 2001, ISBN 0-15-202083-7

Mrs. Fennessey's second-grade class is planning a big celebration for Grandparents Day, and everyone's really excited about it-everyone except Calliope James. Her best friends, Howie and Pa Lia, are bringing their grandmas. Even Stinky Stern's grandpa is coming. But Calliope's grandparents are no longer alive. How can she celebrate Grandparents Day without a grandparent?

Junior Library Guild Selection, The Center for Children's Books Best Books 2001

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Read how Calliope James enters the world of knitting. Essay and pattern

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School Library Journal

... book an excellent choice for newly independent readers.
Booklist
... a winning entry in the Jackson Friends Book series. 

Cooperative Children's Book Center

Michelle Edwards's sparkling transitional reader is the second entry in her Jackson Street Friends series about three young girls who are best friends.

 

 
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