Vanderbeekers Make a Wish series-Slayer 35TH EZRA JACK KEATS AWARD

35TH EZRA JACK KEATS AWARD HONOREE

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Spring blooms and a turtle family is on the move

One thing’s for sure: it will be a summer the Penderwicks will never forget

Vanderbeekers Make a Wish series-Slayer 35TH EZRA JACK KEATS AWARDIt's summer on 141st Street, and the Vanderbeekers are looking forward to Papa's surprise fortieth birthday party. But then Papa must leave town to help his best friend and the Vanderbeeker children are surprised to find their maternal grandparents on their doorstep. Grandma is very critical of everything they do. Meanwhile, they find themselves learning more about their papa's father than ever before, and wishing they could have known him a bit