Washoe County Library System

A child considers how Grandfather is the perfect person to spend time with because he is never in a hurry.

Aside from having the same name, Tommy and his grandfather Tom share a sense of humor.

Twelve-year-old Max, who loves the legend Buelo tells him about a mythical gatekeeper who can guide brave travelers on a journey into tomorrow, sets out on a dangerous quest to discover if he is true of heart and what the future holds, armed with a treasured compass, a mysterious stone rubbing, and Buelo's legend as his only guides.

Having defeated the monstrous threat that nearly destroyed the peculiar world, Jacob Portman is back where his story began, in Florida. Except now Miss Peregrine, Emma, and their peculiar friends are with him, and doing their best to blend in. But carefree days of beach visits and normalling lessons are soon interrupted by a discovery--a subterranean bunker that belonged to Jacobs grandfather, Abe. Clues to Abes double-life as a peculiar operative...

Gus enjoys basketball practice, but the noise and pace of real games bother him, until his grandpa gives him some good advice.

When Grandpa comes to stay for the weekend, the children tire him out with all their activities.

A young girl reflects on a year of exploring and laughing with her beloved Grandpa, remembering many special moments as she seeks a way to honor him after his death.

Everything is in such a hurry, busy as busy can be. The birds are flying so fast, the dragonfly is zooming over the watereven the trees are waving their leaves. So what if we sit here, you next to meand we can just be?

When eleven-year-old Jenny arrives at her grandfather's house but is not recognized as one of the family because of a servant's intrigue, the young orphan endures a difficult fate.

At first Janetta does not like Grandaddy, his farm, or his animals--but they like her, and as she gets used to them, she likes them too.