Frank Carlson Library

In a sad and joyful intergenerational biography, the author's feisty 93 year old grandfather is his unlikely college roommate and ten years later play a pivotal role in taking care of a family crisis.

Junie B is very upset when a boy in her class plans to invite everyone except her to his birthday party, but her grandfather helps her deal with the situation.

Two children provide instructions how to properly read to a grandmother or a grandfather, including how to choose a good book, how to use different voices, and where to find the perfect place to cuddle up and read.

When a young boy's great-grandfather comes to his school to talk about Veterans Day, the boy is unsure what to expect. Why exactly do we celebrate Veterans Day - and will his classmates be interested in what Granddad Bud has to say?

"After her parents' accidental death by mushroom poisoning, young Aurora Grimeon is sent to live with her estranged grandfather on Ossuary Isle, deep in the southern swamps. Joined by her grandfather's pet raccoon Missy, Aurora explores the fog-covered island of graves. Along the way she meets its sinister residents who care for the tombstones and mausoleums, living out their lives by the strange rules of Hoodoo magic. When ghostly things start happening...

Flora Calhoun, haunted by a history of finding dead bodies and the murder of her ex, Ava McQueen, uncovers a conspiracy, putting herself and all her loved ones in peril. Flora Calhoun has a reputation for sticking her nose where it doesn't belong-- like stumbling upon a classmate's body years ago. When she gets a midnight call from Ava, who had ignited Flora's heart last summer, she arrives just in time to witness Ava bleed out in a dark alley. Now...

In 1968, eleven-year-old Jaynell's life in the town of Moon, Texas, is enlivened when her eccentric Grandpap comes to live with her family.

"When Pea, Bee, & Jay hear stories of Gramp's youth, they find each yarn to be wilder than the last. He once had a pet dog, was a professional wrestling champ, and even led a jailbreak out of a can of peas...But when Gramps goes missing, it's up to the trio to bring him home."--

From his first day, school had been torture for Gregory and it got progressively worse, until he was expelled in eighth grade, but through all his difficulties, Gregory could count on support from his grandfather, until his grandfather became ill and needed support from Gregory.