From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!

Good friendsKaren is happy that Granny and Grandad are living at the little house. But Grandad has not been feeling well. He cannot leave the house. Karen feels sad about Grandad, so she cheers him up. She reads books with him as he rests. Then Grandad gets really sick. Karen is worried. She loves Grandad so much.

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

Dan describes the things he does with his grandfather who is also named Dan.

The sensational bestselling story of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, seems to belong less to the history of the Victorian novel than to folklore, fairy tale, or myth. The sorrows of Nell and her grandfather are offset by Dickens's creation of a dazzling contemporary world inhabited by some of his most brilliantly drawn characters-the eloquent ne'er-do-well Dick Swiveller; the hungry maid known as the "Marchioness";...

Twelve-year-old Annie ponders the many rhythms of life the year that her mother becomes pregnant, her grandfather begins faltering, and her best friend (and running partner) becomes distant.

Grandpa tells his two young houseguests a story about his own childhood when he was scared at bedtime.

Brothers Charlie and Mouse enjoy a special visit from Grumpy.

In Heart of the Wilderness, young Kendra Marty goes to live with her grandfather after her parents die in a river accident. But what can a trapper living in the backwoods offer a small child? Will Kendra ever be ready to face the scary and confusing world far from the wilderness she loves?

Inheriting her mother?s San Francisco bookshop in the wake of a tragedy, Natalie bonds with her ailing grandfather and hires a contractor to perform repairs before unexpected discoveries connect her to the community and family secrets.

While observing the busy world around them, two children and their grandfather take a moment to appreciate being quiet and still.