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Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Every day, in a house by the sea, a little boy watches his father leave for a long day's work. One night, a great storm washes a small whale onto the beach. The boy discovers the whale is a good listener. The father discovers the boy is lonely. Together, they return the whale to the sea. And from that day on, the boy learns that the father can be a good listener too"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A child celebrates a close connection with her father, from how they play together and teach each other new things to how he protects her and always makes time for her"--
"A heartwarming celebration of the special relationship between a father and daughter from Instagram sensation Soosh."--
6) You go first
Author
Language
English
Description
Charlotte, twelve, and Ben, eleven, are highly-skilled competitors at online Scrabble and that connection helps both as they face family issues and the turmoil of middle school.
7) Mommy sayang
Author
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Aleeya, concerned when her beloved mother becomes sick, remembers and returns the promise Mommy has made to her--that she will always be by her side.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
Max is crazy about superheroes, like all his friends, but the one he loves most is Megapower--especially when she turns into his Mommy and gives him a goodnight kiss.
10) Weekend dad
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
""This home is home because my dad is here, and it's nothing like home because my mom isn't here," thinks the boy in this story when he enters his dad's new apartment for the first time. His dad moved out on Monday and now it's Friday night, the start of his weekend with his dad. The boy and his dad follow their normal weekend routine -- they eat eggs for breakfast, play cards and spend time at the park. And then they do the same things on Sunday....
11) The tiger rising
Author
Language
English
Description
Rob, who passes the time in his rural Florida community by wood carving, is drawn by his spunky but angry friend Sistine into a plan to free a caged tiger.
Author
Publisher
Flowerpot Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
36 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Follow along on a journey of a dad's love for his daughter, from the first time he holds her in his arms to the day he has to let her go. The elegant illustrations combined with the beautiful words written by Greg Pope make this picture book the perfect present for any dad or daughter, young or old. Every little girl grows up, but no little girl ever outgrows the need for her dad.
Author
Language
English
Description
For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has been everyone's hero. As a charming, talented pro football star, he's as beloved to the neighborhood kids he plays with as he is to his millions of adoring sports fans. But lately life at ZJ's house is anything but charming. His dad is having trouble remembering things and seems to be angry all the time. ZJ's mom explains it's because of all the head injuries his dad sustained during his career. ZJ can understand...
14) Me & Mama
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
For a little girl on a rainy day, the best place to be is with Mama.
15) Maybe a mermaid
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When her mother, who sells Beauty & the Bee cosmetics and drives a Beemobile, surprises soon-to-be a sixth-grader Anthoni with a trip to the Showboat Resort, Anthoni plans to finally make a "True Blue Friend."
Author
Series
F.A.R.T. diaries volume no. 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
133 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When a tween boy [Codename: Furious Popcorn] picks up what he thinks is a cookbook and finds a diabolical parenting manual, his world turns upside down. The Ultimate Guide to Hacking Your Kids was written by an organization called F.A.R.T. (Families Against Rotten Teens), a secret society of grizzled parents whose origins date back to antiquity. FP is determined to get to the bottom of this, but when he begins investigating F.A.R.T., the manual goes...
Author
Series
Publisher
Nubeocho
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (color) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A light-hearted, funny story for children and adults alike about the perils of overprotective parenting! From the time Bruno wakes up to the time he goes to bed, his very loving, but overprotective parents, are always there to see he never ever gets too hot or too cold, too dirty or too excited. Poor Bruno... will his parents ever learn to just let him play and have fun like the other children?"--
18) Big boys cry
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"As they walk to his new school, a frightened Levi and his father learn that it is okay for big boys to cry." --
19) Our car
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A child describes the family car, which is as red as a fire engine, and is driven by his father through wind, snow, and all seasons.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alder has always lived in his cozy little house in Southern California. An old, reliable, comforting walnut tree has stood between his house and the one next door. When a new family--with a particularly annoying girl his age named Oak--moves into the neighboring house, they cut the tree down. As Oak and Alder start school together, they can't imagine ever becoming friends. But they soon discover a series of mysterious, possibly magical, connections...
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