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Author
Pub. Date
2015.
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Description
A little girl collects wildflowers while on a walk with her distracted father. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter. This wordless picture book, conceived by award-winning poet JonArno Lawson and beautifully brought to life by illustrator Sydney Smith, is an ode to the importance of small things, small people and small gestures.
2) Just because
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Formats
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.
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
226 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"More than anything, ten-year-old Weezie wants to please her momma. She babysits her spoiled half-sister, Ruth Ann, and little Jackson. She makes tea for Momma in Gramma Emmeline's beautiful teapot. She even tries to cook dinner. But nothing turns out quite right. And Momma is never pleased. Hard times and a daddy who ran off before she was born seem to have stolen all of Momma's love. If only Weezie could find her daddy, she's sure her life would...
5) Abel's moon
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Description
In his absence, Abel's children relive his tales of earlier adventures, make a moon machine out of an old table, and dream of being joined with him through the all-seeing moon.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
24 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm.
Description
Tonight Dad wants to show his son something very special: the universe. Of course, they can't possibly embark on such a daring adventure unprepared, so they wrap up warm, gather provisions, and then off they go. It's a long walk, but eventually they get there. Along the way, they learn that sometimes the journey is more important than the destination, and sometimes the biggest lessons happen when you least expect them.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 20 x 29 cm
Description
A reassuring picture book about finding one's place in the world follows a father as he takes his child on their first camping trip where he shows, under a blanket of stars, that the universe is a friendly place.
10) Tad and Dad
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
pages cm
Description
"A growing tadpole loves his frog dad so much he never gives him a moment's peace"--
11) Pie in the sky
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
A father and child watch the cherry tree in their back yard, waiting until there are ripe cherries to bake in a pie. Includes a recipe for cherry pie.
12) Every Friday
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Description
Every Friday a father and his child share a special ritual.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Description
"Over the course of a long walk across a city, one curious kid needs to know: 'Does it have a butt?' Everything from sheep to ghosts to dinosaurs is subjected to this all-important question, and Dad is a never-ending source of answers. On a laugh-out-loud father-child ramble, we come to see that every butt, from a bullfrog's to a zombie's, has its own distinctive, and distinctively hilarious, quality."--
15) Chore pirates
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
"Tom and Daddy are home today. Daddy wants to clean the house and do the dishes, but Tom wants to play. Quickly they come up with a solution: together they'll try to conquer the dish monster and go on a quest in the jungle of socks. A funny and recognizable story about doing chores with Dad, which doesn't have to be boring at all."--
Author
Series
How to catch-- volume 13
Formats
Description
A group of children tries to capture the daddysaurus, a mystical creature capable of kindness, bravery, and fun.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
After crossing raging rivers and tromping through the jungle, Naughty Ninja returns to his secret ninja training camp for lunch. But when he gets inside, his parents tell him he needs a bath. Before Naughty Ninja gets in the tub, he notices poisonous flies and an angry alligator circling his dad, who doesn't even seem to know he's in trouble. Good thing Naughty Ninja is around to save the day! Amid sudsy fun, a boy's imaginary ninja life and his everyday...
Author
Series
Baby Bear books volume 1
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
There are many chairs in Baby Bear's house, but his favorite "chair" is his father's chest or lap, just before his father puts him to bed.
20) Carry me!
Author
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
A very young rabbit's wish of being sung to, talked to, and carried.
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