When the grandfather he never k is released from prison suffering from dementia, eleven-year-old Nicholas, a mathematical and musical genius, tries to save the family's home by helping search for heirlooms Grandpa claims to have buried.
A young girl enjoys looking at the family treasures with her grandmother and hearing about the adventures of a great-aunt she has never known, especially about when Aunt Emmadelle learned to dance the flamenco in Spain.
An heirloom purple ribbon winds its way through the tale of Spring, a field mouse, who grows up in her grandmother's nest in a thorn tree on top of a hill, leaves to bear her own family, and yearns to return home.
A young boy living in Newport, Rhode Island in 1710 enjoys imaginary adventures with make-believe pirates, until the day real pirates come ashore for evil purposes and leave him a remarkable memento. Includes ideas for activities related to family heirlooms.
A cumulative tale about a wooden bird carved by a little girl's maternal ancestor, and passed down lovingly from mother to daughter through the generations.
One rainy day while his father listens to his old records, his mother polishes a silver platter, and his brother enjoys his baseball card collection, Little Bill discovers his own treasure, a talent for storytelling.
