How You Can Be an Awesome Grandpa


Book Description

Memorable moments! What will be forever remembered by your grandchild when they look back at time spent together? How You Can Be an Awesome Grandpa presents a collection of ideas, suggestions, techniques, experiences, and thoughts that can make anyones experience as a grandpa more successful and rewarding. From learning to give your grandchild meaningful compliments to fi nding activities that help to build his or her self-esteem, author James Gooch offers several techniques that are designed to create stronger relationships between grandpas and their grandchildren. Gooch interviewed many grandpas and grandchildren in order to gather their wisdom; in this helpful guide, he shares the answers to the questions he asked during their interviews. From these suggestions, the blueprint of a respected, honored, and fun grandpa has emerged. Stories fi lled with cherished memories and successful techniques for building better relationships blend with humor and sadness to help you understand your role as a grandfather. Take advantage of the experiences of others who have created fantastic memories to help you master being a grandpa. Anybody can be a grandfather, but it takes someone special to be an awesome grandpa.




How to Babysit a Grandpa


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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Celebrate the special bond between grandpas and grandchildren in this delightful New York Times bestseller that puts the kids in charge! The perfect gift for Father's Day, Grandparent's Day, and any day shared with Grandpa! Here's everything a kid needs to know to spend a fun-filled day with grandpa! Written in a how-to style, the narrator gives important tips for "babysitting" a grandpa, including what to eat for snack (anything dipped in ketchup, ice cream topped with cookies, cookies topped with ice cream) what to do on a walk (find lizards and dandelion puffs, be on the lookout for puddles and sprinklers), and how to play with a grandpa (build a pirate cave, put on a scary play). From the author-illustrator team behind the New York Times bestselling HOW TO... books comes a funny and heartwarming celebration of grandpas and all that they do! This is a great gift for or from a grandparent, and perfect for lap reading when Grandpa comes to visit! The fun doesn't stop! Check out more HOW TO... picture books: How to Babysit a Grandma How to Catch a Santa How to Get Your Teacher Ready How to Raise a Mom How to Surprise a Dad How to Read to a Grandma or Grandpa




Grandpa Magic


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From a professional magician and New York Times bestselling author, 116 tricks, stunts, and brainteasers that will engage the grandchildren and provide giggles, jaw-dropping awe , and wonderful memories. Guaranteed to make grandparenting even more fun, Grandpa Magic is sure to entertain—and crack up— the grandkids. From the old pull-a-quarter-from-behind-a-kid’'s-ear trick and “removing your thumb” to card tricks, stunts for the dinner table, and verbal puzzles that surprise and delight, there’s something for everyone. Step-by-step illustrations make them easy to learn.




How You Can Be an Awesome Grandpa


Book Description

Memorable moments! What will be forever remembered by your grandchild when they look back at time spent together? How You Can Be an Awesome Grandpa presents a collection of ideas, suggestions, techniques, experiences, and thoughts that can make anyone's experience as a grandpa more successful and rewarding. From learning to give your grandchild meaningful compliments to fi nding activities that help to build his or her self-esteem, author James Gooch offers several techniques that are designed to create stronger relationships between grandpas and their grandchildren. Gooch interviewed many grandpas and grandchildren in order to gather their wisdom; in this helpful guide, he shares the answers to the questions he asked during their interviews. From these suggestions, the blueprint of a respected, honored, and fun grandpa has emerged. Stories fi lled with cherished memories and successful techniques for building better relationships blend with humor and sadness to help you understand your role as a grandfather. Take advantage of the experiences of others who have created fantastic memories to help you master being a grandpa. Anybody can be a grandfather, but it takes someone special to be an awesome grandpa.




Grandpa Across the Ocean


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Though separated by language, age, and an ocean, a child and grandparent find common ground in this warm, witty picture book Grandpa lives on the other side of the ocean. He takes naps all the time. He eats different foods. He speaks an unfamiliar language. His house is the most boring place on Earth! Or is it? A little time together just might reveal that Grandpa is also a great singer, an energetic sandcastle builder, and a troublemaker . . . just like his grandson! With her signature warmth and humor, award-winning author-illustrator Hyewon Yum shares the challenges and joys of having a relative who lives far away—proving that even from across the ocean, the grandparent-grandchild relationship is a very special one.




What's Happening to Grandpa?


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Kate has always adored her grandpa's storytelling - but lately he's been repeating the same stories again and again. One day, he even forgets Kate's name. Her mother's patient explanations open Kate's eyes to what so many of the elderly must confront: Alzheimer's disease and other forms of memory loss. Determined to support her grandfather, Kate explores ways to help him - and herself - cope by creating a photo album of their times together, memories that will remain in their hearts forever.




Grandpa Frank's Great Big Bucket List


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From the bestselling queen of heart and humour, JENNY PEARSON, comes a great big soaring adventure about family and finding happiness.When Frank John Davenport inherits piles of money from a grandma he didn't know he had, things take an unexpected turn... Because the money comes with STRICT instructions...and a NEW grandpa.Frank quickly compiles a list of all the ways he can spend the money and look after his grumpy grandpa. Money may buy hot-air balloon rides, monster-truck lessons and epic parkour experiences, but can Frank discover that happiness is, in fact, priceless?Praise for Jenny Pearson SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK AWARD, WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE, LAUGH OUT LOUD BOOK AWARD and the BRANFORD BOASE AWARD"Breaks records for funny and touching storytelling." David Baddiel"As funny and tender as it could ever be." Frank Cottrell-Boyce"Heart-warming and genuinely funny." The Times




How to Babysit a Grandma: Read & Listen Edition


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When you babysit a grandma, if you're lucky . . . it's a sleepover at her house! And with the useful tips found in this book, you're guaranteed to become an expert grandma-sitter in no time. (Be sure to check out the sections on: How to keep a grandma busy; Things to do at the park; Possible places to sleep, and what to do once you're both snugly tucked in for the night.) From the author-illustrator team behind the bestselling How to Babysit a Grandpa comes a funny and heartwarming celebration of grandmas and grandchildren. This Read & Listen edition contains audio narration.




The Willoughby Chronicles


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The Willoughby Chronicles is a collection of short nonfiction stories that form a mosaic of the author's lovably bizarre family in the 1960s and 1970s. From being put on a ledge as an infant (saved by the instincts of his lizard brain), to being left at the circus intentionally, to digging a real life Hobbit-hole, to a brother who (surprisingly) turned out not to be the Unabomber, to a thing that happened with a puppy and his mother that the author would rather not talk about, to the final horrific event that put everything in perspective, The Willoughby Chronicles combines hilarity with heart and grace to bring a family--and a time--to life.




God Gave Me Grandpa


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It's no secret that children tend to have a special bond with their grandfathers. With humorous art and fun verses, this book celebrates that relationship and recognizes the many ways that grandfathers support, love, and empower their grandchildren. Go to bhkids.com to find this book's Parent Connection, an easy tool to help moms and dads (or anyone else who loves kids) discuss the book's message with their child. We're all about connecting parents and kids to each other and to God's Word.