Reads for Father's Day
Oh, Daddy!
Shea, Bob
2010
A young hippopotamus shows his father the right way to do things, such as getting dressed, watering the flowers, and especially giving big hugs.
Ramona and her father
Cleary, Beverly, author
2013
When her father loses his job and it seems like the entire family is down in the dumps, Ramona attempts to cheer everybody up by pretending to be rich and famous. However, not everybody is pleased with Ramona's antics, including her teacher.
The reading promise : my father and the books we shared
Ozma, Alice
2011
When Alice Ozma was in 4th grade, she and her single father, an elementary school librarian, made a pact to see if he could read aloud to her for 100 consecutive nights. Alice's father read aloud to her every night without fail until the day she left for college. Told in a series of vignettes about Alice's relationship with her dad and the life lessons she learned from the stories he read to her.
Tinkers
Harding, Paul, 1967-
2009
On his deathbed, surrounded by his family, George Washington Crosby's thoughts drift back to his childhood and the father who abandoned him when he was twelve.
To kill a mockingbird
Lee, Harper, author
2010
Two children in a small southern town are thrust into an adult world of racial bigotry and hatred when their lawyer father chooses to defend a black man unjustly accused of raping a white girl.
Why a daughter needs a dad
Hill, Susanna Leonard, author, adapter
2019
Shows a child all the ways her father will help her grow and to remind her of the special bond only she can have with dad. Featuring illustrations and rhymes about the moments fathers and daughters share.
