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1) Just because
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When a child is too full of questions about the world to go to sleep, her patient father offers up increasingly creative responses to his child's nighttime wonderings.
2) Me and Dad
Author
Publication Date
2014
Language
English
Description
In pictures and simple text, a father and child spend their day together.
3) Winter's end
Author
Publication Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The fourth installment in the gripping, atmospheric Alaska Wild series, Paige Shelton's Winter's End. It's springtime in Benedict, Alaska, and with it the warmer weather comes an unseasonably somber local tradition...the annual Death Walk. At the end of each brutal winter, citizens gather downtown and then break into groups to search the community for those who might have somehow gotten stuck at home. Beth Rivers sets off with her friend Orin and...
Author
Publisher
Artisan
Publication Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
205 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A collection of first-person essays written by the children of some of the world's most fascinating men. Though these men may be familiar to the reader, their children offer a unique, intimate view of them at their most unvarnished, through heartfelt reflections, charming anecdotes, and archival photographs"-- Provided by publisher.
"My Father the Chef. My Father the Cult Leader. My Father the Duke. These men (Jacques Pépin, Saul Newton, and John...
7) Hero dad
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Publication Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A child demonstrates that while Dad differs from a traditional superhero, as an American soldier he is a superhero of a different kind.
8) Side by side
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Press, Inc
Publication Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A heartfelt ode to the physical and emotional roles of father and child.
"King and Jester, Boat and Captain, Mountain and Climber... fathers and children are all of these things and more in Chris Raschka's tribute to this familial pair. Each stanza presents three scenarios in which the father and child's roles are subtly balanced. The pairs vary between stanzas, coming together in a visit to an ice-cream truck. With minimal text and maximum emotion,...
9) Daddy hugs
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Various young woodland animals describe, in their own unique ways, what they love most about hugs from their fathers. Includes a list of creatures hidden in the pictures for readers to find.
Author
Publisher
Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic
Publication Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Featuring a diversity of families, this joyful ode to the special love between father and child captures all the precious moments they share throughout the day.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Publication Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Everyone has a unique father story. Whether positive or painful, it's always personal and can deeply affect the core of identity and direction of life. This is the first documentary film from the creators of War Room, Overcomer, Fireproof, and Courageous Legacy. Featuring a variety of amazing true stories, this captivating movie takes audiences of all ages on an inspiring and emotionally cinematic journey. Providing a fresh perspective on the roles...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Little Wolf can hardly wait. Tonight he will howl at the moon to the top of the sky. First, Big Wolf demonstrates traditional howling form: AAAAAAAAAAOOOOOooooooooo. Then it's Little Wolf's turn. He's sure he is ready, but when the big moment comes, something happens. Something unexpected, something wild, something unbe-beep-bop-believable! Sisters Laura McGee Kvasnosky and Kate McGee have created a wonderful story about the importance of doing things...
13) Storm warning
Author
Publisher
Reycraft Books
Publication Date
2021.
Physical Desc
183 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
No matter how hard twelve-year-old North Olson tries to do what's right, he can't seem to please his dad. When a major flood threatens to destroy his hometown, North is left in charge of his little sister Rosie. A blizzard blows in and his great-grandmother disappears. Can North find his great-grandmother and keep Rosie safe as the flood waters continue to rise? Will he finally make his dad proud?
15) The opportunist
Author
Publication Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"A deliciously sly, compulsively readable tale about greed, power and the world's most devious family, for fans of The Nest and Succession. When Alana Shropshire's seventy-six-year-old father, Ed, starts dating Kelly, a saucy twenty-eight-year-old, a flurry of messages arrives from Alana's brothers, urging her to help "protect Dad" from the young interloper. Alana knows that what Teddy and Martin really want to protect is their father's fortune, and...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Publication Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A young elephant sees his dad is in a bad mood and tries to cheer him up, not realizing his own mischief caused the bad mood in the first place"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Little Simon
Publication Date
2025.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"'I told dad, and dad told me, It's best to say I love you with the ABCs!' Celebrate dads with the rhythmic chant in this . . . take on the perennial classic"--Provided by publisher.
19) I'm awake!
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Publication Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"An energetic young critter tries to coax his dad out of bed in the morning"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Travel a lush dreamscape world as a father soothes his toddler toward sleep, weaving a quilt of dreams across the roaring seas and through the inky night--and dealing with some big toddler emotions along the way. Sumptuously illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat, this dream-ride of a bedtime book, written by renowned author Chitra Soundar and inspired by ancient Indian lullabies, is sure to leave little ones drifting toward a joyful sleep."-- Provided by...