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Author
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
viii, 229 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
A parenting guide for new dads likens fatherhood to a wilderness expedition and offers survival advice for such challenges as making an emergency diaper, warming a baby bottle on top of a car engine, and assembling a breast pump.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
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Adrian Gray was born in May 1862 and met his death through violence, at the hands of one of his own children, at Christmas, 1931. Thus begins a classic crime novel published in 1933 that has been too long neglected - until now. It is a riveting portrait of the psychology of a murderer. Each December, Adrian Gray invites his extended family to stay at his lonely house, Kings Poplars. None of Gray's six surviving children is fond of him; several have...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
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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.
5) Elmet
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"Cathy and Daniel live in the remote woods of Yorkshire with their gentle brute of a father, a former enforcer who now wants only to be left alone to raise his children. But when a powerful landowner shows up on their doorstep, a chain of violent events is set in motion"--
7) Just because
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
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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...
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xiv, 159 pages ; 18 cm.
Description
A fascinating new volume of messages about fatherhood, from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collections. In Letters of Note: Fathers, Shaun Usher collects together remarkable correspondence by and about fathers, including proud parental words of love, advice from experienced dads to new ones, as well as letters from both frustrated and adoring offspring. Includes letters by: Anne Frank, W.E.B. Du Bois, Jawaharlal Nehru, Groucho Marx,...
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"Madi returns to her hometown and reconnects with an ex from high school, now known locally for his refusal to give up looking for his infant son who has been missing for years. As Madi gets drawn into the search, she begins to see visions that lead to disturbing revelations about the real story of the boy's disappearance"--
After striking out on her own as a teen mom, Madi Price is forced to return to her hometown of Brandywine, Virginia, with her...
12) 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.
13) Mister Seahorse
Author
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Description
After Mrs. Seahorse lays her eggs on Mr. Seahorse's belly, he drifts through the water, greeting other fish fathers who are taking care of their eggs.
14) Daddies do
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
In rhyming text, animal children share all the things their fathers do for them.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
ix, 118 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Covering everything from burping and naptime to filing for paternity leave and setting up a safe play area, this is the complete survival manual for first-time dads. Discover more than 100 things dads can do to help their baby--and their partner--thrive in the first year.
16) 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.
17) 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"--
18) Up, up, up, down
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 27 cm.
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text follow a baby and father through a day filled with ups and downs, ons and offs, and plenty of fun.
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