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281) The carpenter
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A boy takes interest in carpentry work as his father builds a boat.
282) Blood of my blood
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Jazz Dent, who has been shot and left to die in New York City, his girlfriend, Connie, who is in the clutches of Jazz's serial killer father, Billy, and his best friend, Howie, who is bleeding to death on the floor of Jazz's own home in tiny Lobo's Nod, must all rise above the horrors their lives have become and find a way to come together in pursuit of Billy.
283) A bed of stars
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: A tender new story from the award-winning creator of Julián Is a Mermaid celebrates first-time camping, father-child bonding, and feeling at one with the universe.
284) Poppy and Rye
Author
Series
Poppy and friends volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When their home next to a brook is destroyed by beavers, a large family of golden mice is aided by Poppy the deer mouse and her grumpy porcupine friend, who in the process forges a relationship with the son he had abandoned.
286) A beach tail
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When his father tells him not to leave the lion he is drawing on the beach, a little boy starts making a very, very long tail--and a trail to follow back.
287) Mixed up
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-olds Reef and Theo have a mutual problem: their memories are getting mixed up, and that means that Reef is losing his memory of his mother, recently dead of COVID, which terrifies him--but for Theo his new memories are helping him deal with his domineering father.
289) No pants!
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Pablo and his dad are ready for a great day. It's party day! A cookout with the whole family. All they need to do is get ready. Eat breakfast. Brush teeth. Put on pants. And they'll be ready to go! Only Pablo has another idea: No Pants! Suddenly it's looking as if party time is a ways off after all. Here's a hilarious and warm-hearted look at a father-son relationship that shows there is more than one way of wearing--and thinking...
290) The blue house
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Both Leo and his father are angry and sad when their landlord says their old house will be torn down, but soon they find a way to make their new house feel like home.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Blending the ancient myth of Theseus with the quest of a modern-day teen searching for his father, this unputdownable novel-in-verse follows 17-year-old Theo as he realizes he must be resourceful and strong like his mythical hero after he is tricked and double-crossed by a search-agency scam artist and a depraved lawyer.
292) Lion needs a haircut
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Little lion needs a haircut. But he doesn't want one! Is he worried? No. He just likes his hair the way it is. R-O-A-R! But there's someone else who needs a haircut, too . . . it's Dad, and he doesn't want one, either! Maybe if they go to the barbershop together, there will be nothing to worry about."--Publisher's description.
293) Live in infamy
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
It has been eighty years since the Axis won World War II, and America was divided between the victors: the Nazis in the East and Imperial Japan in the West; but now resistance is growing in the Eastern territories and sixteen-year-old Chinese American Ren Cabot, who has every reason to hate the Japanese who executed his mother, finds himself drawn into a resistance group and confronted with choices that could lead to freedom--or death.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A charming and nature-filled picture book about a young boy who connects with his busy dad over their love of nature. Perfect for fans of Fatima's Great Outdoors by Ambreen Tariq and Hike by Pete Oswald. Tim has always loved nature. His dad always taught him to explore and adventure through their own backyard. So Tim observed, he collected, and he recorded it all in his nature journal, just like Dad! But when one day Dad is too busy to look at his...
296) Stormwalker
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Ever since his mother died, 11-year-old Owen has felt lost. He's drifting apart from his dad, his grades are dropping, and the only thing keeping him sane are the soccer trials coming up. Then he is suddenly sucked out of real life and thrown into a desolate alternative world where a menacing storm of Darkness looms, threatening his life. But Owen recognizes this world--his dad is an author, and this is the setting of his new novel. Fueled by his...
297) Weekend dad
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
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....
298) I love my haircut!
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Mile's father takes his to the barber to get his haircut for the first time.
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