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Hobbies and Grandparents

September 9 is Grandparents Day! Let's celebrate by sharing our hobbies with our grandchildren!

As the nation celebrates Grandparent’s Day on September 9, take time to share what you love to do with your grand children. Whether it is sharing a favorite cookie recipe, taking your grandchild fishing with you, painting a picture together, or simply talking and sharing memories, make the time count.


Stories to share with your grandchildren:

Ackerman, Karen
SONG AND DANCE MAN

Ada, Alma Flor
I LOVE SATURDAYS Y DOMINGOS

Bauer, Marion Dane
WHEN I GO CAMPING WITH GRANDMA

Buckley, Helen E.
GRANDFATHER AND I

Bunting, Eve
A PICNIC IN OCTOBER

Dorros, Arthur
ABUELA

Flournoy, Valerie
THE PATCHWORK QUILT

Greenfield, Eloise
GRANDPA'S FACE

Older, Effin
MY TWO GRANDMOTHERS

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Books and DVDs:

Fiction:

A killer stitch / Maggie Sefton

Died in the wool : a knitting mystery / Mary

The Friday night knitting club / Kate Jacobs

Circle of quilters : an Elm Creek quilts novel / Jennifer Chiaverini

The Old Man and the Sea [poems] / Ernest Hemingway

Non-Fiction:

The Craftster guide to nifty, thrifty, and kitschy crafts: fifty fabulous projects from the fifties and sixties / by Leah Kramer

Learn to crochet / Sue Whiting

You can paint vibrant watercolors / Dan Burt

Scrapbooking for beginners [videorecording] / Memory Lane

Quilting through life: projects for the mind, body, and soul / Julia Teters-Zeigler

The angler's guide to fish / Dorling Kindersley

Advanced stamp collecting : a serious collector's guide to the collection and study of postage stamps and related materials / Barry Krause



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