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Karim, Roberta.
FARAWAY GRANDPA
New York : Holt, 2004.
IL K-3
ISBN 080506785X
It's 1915 and Kathleen is looking forward to visiting with her faraway Grandpa.  Every August, she and her family pack up and visit him.  Kathleen loves the visits.  She and Grandpa sit on the porch swing and sing their special song.  It's called Danny Boy  and it's an Irish song.  One summer, Grandpa seems to have forgotten that Kathleen was coming.  He seems to forget a lot of things.  It is decided that he should come back and live with them.  What is going on?  Can Kathleen help?
SUBJECTS:     Grandfathers -- Fiction.
                        Old age -- Fiction.
                        Memory -- Fiction.

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