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Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Papa Bear takes his cubs on a trip with him in order to show them how to fish, but when the little ones forgo the expensive equipment and want to fish with simple tools, it is Papa Bear who winds up learning a lesson.
4) Tractor day
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simple rhyming text describes a child's day spent riding on the tractor with Daddy at their small farm.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
To reconnect 30 years after their mother's death, siblings Antoine and Melanie spend the weekend on Noirmoutier Island, a favorite childhood vacation spot. However, on the drive back to Paris, painful memories leave Melanie distracted, causing her to crash. At the hospital, Antoine uncovers a dark family secret, leaving both siblings questioning their childhoods and their mother's past.
7) Mary Poppins
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2013, p1964.
Language
English
Description
A beloved classic shines like never before with an all-new digital restoration. Winner of five Academy Awards, including best actress (Julie Andrews), best song (Chim Chim Cher-ee), and best visual effects. Mary Poppins flies out of the windy London skies and into the home of two mischievous children. With the help of a carefree chimney sweep named Bert (Dick Van Dyke), the spirited nanny turns every chore into a game, and every day into a 'Jolly...
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 22
Language
English
Formats
Description
A key element of the prototype to an attack submarine capable of incredible underwater speeds has gone missing, and ships have started vanishing mid-ocean, usually never to be found again, but when they are, sometimes bodies are found aboard, burned to a crisp. What is going on? And what does it have to do with an Italian submarine that disappeared in 1943, lost at sea?
Number 22 in the Dirk Pitt adventure novels.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Celebrate Dad's special day by saying "I Love You"--with a little help from The Very Hungry Caterpillar. This bright and colorful book is the ideal way to tell the person you call "Dad" how much you appreciate him. It's the perfect gift for Father's Day, Dad's birthday, or any day that you want to show Dad just how much you care.
10) Daddy's home
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A mild-mannered radio executive strives to become the best stepdad to his wife's two children. But complications ensue when their freewheeling and freeloading real father arrives, forcing him to compete for the affection of the kids. The two competing dads suddenly find themselves in a heated competition for affection. One brings home a dog; the other brings home a pony. And this war only escalates from there.
11) I love Dad
Author
Series
Publisher
Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Follows a dinosaur dad and child as they enjoy their day together, mentioning all the ways dads are special.
12) Rex
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A terrifying Tyrannosaurus rex spends his days raging through the jungle and scaring all the other dinosaurs until one night a tiny dinosaur hatches from an abandoned egg and decides that the big dinosaur is his father.
13) Mouse Loves Snow
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Mouse and Poppa venture into the great outdoors, they discover all the seasonal pastimes that make winter a special time of year for kids. From making snow angels to building a snowman who looks more like a snow mouse this book is brimming with fun.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After he's forced to sell the family farm he's labored on his whole life, 63-year-old Gerrit Laninga doesn't know what to do with himself. He sacrificed everything for the land--his time, his health, his family--with nothing to show for it but bitterness, regret, and two grown children who want nothing to do with him. Fifteen-year-old Rae Walters has growing doubts and fears about The Plan--the detailed blueprint for high school that will help her...
15) Against the edge
Author
Series
Raines of Wind Canyon volume 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Claire Chastain seeks him out to tell him that the son he never knew he had has been kidnapped, former Navy SEAL Ben Slocum works with Claire to locate and rescue his son and finds himself falling in love with her.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Capturing a child's perspective and infused with gentle humor, Raissa Figueroa's tender, insightful look at fathers is an irresistible ode to the bond between daddies and the children they love. Whether it's exploring, learning, dreaming--or anything in between--all daddies love doing things with their kids. In fact, the only thing they love more than spending time with their kids is the kids themselves!"--
19) Mighty dads
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Told in simple rhyming text, hard-working construction vehicle fathers guide and encourage their children.
20) Sidewalk flowers
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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.
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