You might expect this week’s blog to be about Rosh Hahanah and Yom Kippur or  even about Hispanic and Latino Jews since September is Hispanic Heritage Month, but it’s about grandparents.

Why? As we approach the High Holidays many of us spend time with families and think about our relationships with our grandparents. Those of us who are older may even say kaddish for them during the Yom Kippur Yizkor service. Children hopefully look forward to spending time with their grandparents and forming memories. No matter what, none of us would be here without those grandparents.

And by the way the Hallmark Holiday Grandparents Day is celebrated on the first Sunday in September.

Here’s a selection of books for kids and adults celebrating grandparents:

Berest, Anne. The Postcard which suddenly turns up is at the center of this fictionalized history-mystery about the author’s great-grandparents who were killed in the Holocaust. (FIC)

Kalb, Bess. Nobody Will Tell You This but Me is a memoir of Kalb’s relationship with her now deceased grandmother from whom she learned about life and love. (BIO)

Tuininga, Josh. We Are Not Strangers is a historical fiction graphic novel set in Seattle during World War II. Marco’s father was a first generation immigrant who befriended and supported the Japanese -American community after Executive Order 9066 sending Japanese-American to internment camps went into effect. (FIC)

Heller, Linda. The Castle on Hester Street where Julie’s grandparents lived- was it a castle or a dump? It all depends on your point of view. (E)

Shalev, Meir. My Russian Grandmother and her American Vacuum Cleaner is the author’s story of his Russian Jewish family told humorously and lovingly through his super- cleaner grandmother. (BIO)

Davis, Aubrey. Bagels from Benny is a retelling of a tale of bread left in the ark for God to eat. Young Benny helps his grandfather in his bakery and learns some important life lessons. (E)

Oberman, Sheldon. The Always Prayer Shawl has been handed down from one generation to the next. Beautifully illustrated. (E)

Rosenberg, Madelyn. This is Just a Test takes place in 1983 during the Cold War. David Da-Wei Horowitz is worrying about so many things: his upcoming bar mitzvah, his grandmothers (one Chinese and one Jewish) who argue all the time, a trivia contest, his best friends who don’t like each other. (JFIC)

Saltzberg, Barney. Tea with Zayde (Grandpa) is a delightful story of teatime with Grandpa. Perfect for little readers, it has a surprise ending. (E)

Schwartz, Howard. Gathering Sparks introduces the concept of tikkun olam . (J398.2)