Melissa Iwai

"Gigi can't wait for her Ojiji--Japanese grandpa--to move in. Gigi plans lots of things to do with him, like playing tag, reading books, and teaching Roscoe, the family dog, new tricks. But her plans don't work out quite the way she'd hoped. And her grandpa doesn't seem to like Roscoe. Will Gigi find a way to connect with her Ojiji?"--

A young boy counts the candles on the family menorah and the lights he sees in the world around him on each night of Hanukkah. Includes information on the history and significance of the celebration.

When the new house needs fixing up, a brother and sister accompany their father on a trip to the hardware store to find the tools and materials needed to get the job done.

"Get ready for a ride through the alphabet at the construction site. There's a big yellow Bulldozer, and tall shiny Crane, and a rusty red Dump truck. But what are they building? Watch and you'll see, as the trucks bang, dig, and scoop their way to the letter Z!"

In this variation on a classic lullaby, a monster father promises his baby a variety of visitors, from a screeching owl to a zombie family.