"Terrific as a read-aloud... a wonderful message of tolerance, acceptance, and unconditional love."- Amy Shepherd, School Library Journal A laugh-out-loud story about a karate-chopping grandma that will have children wondering what exceptional, out-of-the-box and surprising talents their grandparents might have! When Ethan’s grandma suggests they take a zip line to school, Ethan realizes that his grandma is a little different. In fact, she’s a ninja! Ethan is soon the hit of the school when his grandma drops from the ceiling at show-and-tell, and teaches the kids karate moves and how to do back flips in slow motion. But having a ninja for a grandma is not everything Ethan hoped it would be. When his grandma deflates his team’s soccer ball, everyone is upset—including Ethan. Why can’t he just have a regular grandma? he wonders, until his new karate moves help him out during the championship game and everyone is happy that his grandma isn't quite ordinary.

Ninja Grandma is a story about a boy named Glenn, who discovers there is more to a Grandparent than he realizes. My aim in this story is to help children to see that the meaning to be found here can be extrapolated to other people they know: that people whom they may perceive as boring (different, strange) can be quite unexpectedly interesting. The story begins with Glenn, the Hero, complaining about being forced by Mum (Libby), to stay over-night at his Gma s. He worries it will be boring as he sees there is nothing that interests him there. At first Glenn finds his Gma boring but soon discovers that she is quite unique and amazing. She is considerate of his wants and needs, and she turns out to be exciting. Glenn had no idea that his old Gma is a Ninja! Not just any old Ninja, but a Pink Ninja: one who battles with the bad Ninjas . She has been doing it for a long time and even her daughter, Glenn s Mum, does not know about her secret skills. Glenn knows that his Gma is different to his parents and himself, and is pleasantly surprised that she is aware of his needs and wants; she does not hurry him along. His Gma turns out to be very clever and very different to what he expected. Glenn learns, in an action packed story, that when people seem boring or different, we do not really know the full story on them. They can be very surprising in their abilities and then we find them extremely interesting; not so boring after all and fun to be with. In fact, life can be pretty exciting when we are around them! He also learns that we all have different life stories and that contributes to misunderstanding between people.

When Mike discovers that his grandma is a superhero, she takes him along on her crime-fighting mission! Engaging text and cute illustrations help early fluent readers gain confidence while reading.

In this new edition to the Little Kunoichi series, author and illustrator Sanae Ishida introduces us to Ba-chan, Little Kunoichi's wise, creative, and eccentric grandmother. Anything is possible with Ba-chan! It's summer and Little Kunoichi's friends are away on vacation. After exploring every nook and cranny of her super, super secret island home with her pet, Bunny, she is bored, bored, BORED! Little Kunoichi shares her ideas to spice things up--a new bike, another pet--with her parents. But they have a better idea: a visit to her wise, quirky, and creative grandma, Ba-chan! Little Kunoichi, joined by her little brother and Bunny, is excited for her visit. They are met with many surprises as they spend time with Ba-chan on an island she made herself and together learn that curiosity, resourcefulness, love, and imagination have more value than things money can buy.

Derek Fallon becomes a ninja-in-training in Book 6 of the much-loved My Life series.

A laugh-aloud picture book celebrating Nannas everywhere from author Damon Young and illustrator Peter Carnavas. Some Nannas dress in pink when they jog around the track. But my Nanna is a ninja ... so she dresses up in black. All Nannas are different. But what if your Nanna was really different? What if your Nanna was a ninja? My Nanna is a Ninja is published in Australia by UQP, in the USA by Scholastic, and in South Korea by Awesome World.