Lulu, who likes to dress in a ladybug costume, wants to learn everything when she visits the natural history museum with Grandpa, but as she moves from exhibit to exhibit, she discovers that sometimes you have to slow down to appreciate the wonder of what is around you.

Eleven-year-old Leah has a summer of outrageous adventures in her small Florida community, some involving her free-thinking grandfather but all shared with her younger sister Kelly, until an unexpected loss changes their lives.

After the death of his grandmother, ten-year-old Spoon observes the changes in his grandfather and tries to find the perfect artifact to preserve his memories of her.

When her grandfather goes in search of one who can heal her of blindness and fails to return, Melanie follows and rescues him from a hideous troll.

Nancy writes a report for school about her great-grandfather, making things up so he seems less ordinary, but when she learns that Grandpa will be there to hear her read the report aloud she realizes she was dishonest.

While sitting through a fearsome thunderstorm that has put the lights out, Thomas hears a story from Grandfather's boyhood, when Grandfather was afraid of thunderstorms.

In his latest case, young Jeffrey Bones tries to discover the whereabouts of his grandfather's missing birthday present.

Dan describes the things he does with his grandfather who is also named Dan.

As she tries to deal with her terminally ill grandfather's impending death and her more-than-friendly feelings for a non-Mormon neighbor, Tracy must also cope with her questions about the relationship between knowledge and faith.

One side of this upside-down book celebrates all of the things grandmas do for their grandchildren. Turning the book over and around produces a similar celebration of grandpas.