| Fathers'
Day
Award-winning
Father's Day Novels
Waiting
for the Magic
How
do dogs and magic save a family and a father after he abandons them?
Sweet and magical!
On
the Wings of Heroes
A special novel with laughter, sadness, and surprises
from the homefront during World War II
Laugh
with the Moon
The profoundly touching story of a mourning
doctor who takes his teenage daughter on a mission trip to Africa to
try to recover from his wife's death
Alvin
Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things
A patient Chinese-American father helps his 2nd grade
son through many fears in this hysterical story
Freaky
Fast Frankie Joe
A father
with a whole new family rescues his oldest son from a bad situation
and helps learns fathering skills while his four younger stepsons learn
respect and compassion and Frankie Joe learns entrepreneurial skills
to survive
Paperboy
In 1959,
a caring dad allows his son with a stuttering handicap to substitute
for a friend's paper route which leads him to find other mentors and
beginnings to recovery.
Spy
Camp
As a CIA-trained youthful agent, Ben Ripley, encounters
terrorism at every turn and is aided by his surprisingly adept and bumbling
grandfather.
Mountain
Dog
An mountain-ranger uncle and his rescue dog step in
to become dad to a young fatherless boy who has been raised with violent
dog-fighting. Uniquely exciting, strong in character, this special uncle's
touch helps a boy lost in darkness find the light at the top of a mountain.
It gets no better than this!
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Okay
for Now
For older students, an art-expert mentor takes the place
of Doug Swieteck's abusive father who is responsible for family dysfunction
in this novel about love, loss, recovery, and survival.
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Award-winning Picture Books
One Cool
Friend
A scientist-daddy
takes his son to an aquarium with hysterical results!
The
Lucky Star
A Great
Depression Picture Book in which Daddy courageously must leave to work
for the CCC
Dad
and Pop
A child describes
her sweet daddy and her good stepfather. (divorce and remarriage)
You Can Do Anything, Daddy
Daddy is a superhero!
Daddy Mountain
This daddy stands strong while giving footholds
to his growing child to climb (literally).
In Daddy's Arms
Poems celebrating African-American fathers
and fathers everywhere
Someday
is Not a Day of the Week
A daddy helps a little child learn about promises
and the days of the week.
Building with
Dad
Just one of many terrific construction books
with dad
Grandfather
Buffalo
A young buffalo learns from his aging grandfather,
a metaphorical story
He's Got
the Whole World in His Hands
Father God holds us all in His hands
Internet
Sites
The
Elephant Song
Holly Dunn's Daddy's
Hands
George Strait's A
Father's Love
Teachers
Vision Father's Day
Nova:
Animal Superdads
Daddy's
Gonna Eat Your Fingers
If
you think about it, Adam had more trouble than any of the rest of us
buying his Father a gift for Father's Day. I mean, what do you get somebody
who's Everything?
I
figured out why they call our language the "Mother Tongue."
Fathers never get a chance to use it when mother is around! |