Reading With Dad
For Babies and Toddlers:
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Baby
Dance by Ann Taylor A board book in which an African-American father croons to his baby daughter and dances while holding her. ( j Taylor) |
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Daddy
is a Doodlebug by Bruce Degen With inventive rhyme, a father and child bug savor the special joys of companionship. ( j Degen) |
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Daddy
Makes the Best Spaghetti by Anna Grossnickle Hines A board book with a dad food shopping, making dinner, and generally being a househusband. ( j Hines) |
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The
Daddy Mountain by Jules Feiffer A little girl's step-by-step account of climbing all the way up on top of her daddy's head. ( j Feiffer) |
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Just
Like Daddy by Frank Asch A very young bear describes all the activities he does during the day that are just like his daddy's. ( j Asch) |
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Lots
of Dads by Shelley Rotner & Sheila M. Kelly Bright, joyful photos and a simple text show how dads are different and special. ( j Rotner) |
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My
Dad by Debbie Bailey A board book with photos of a variety of dads and children in natural settings. ( j Bailey) |
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My
Dad by Anthony Browne A child exaggerates the many wonderful things about his dad. ( j Browne) |
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Night
Shift Daddy by Eileen Spinelli A father who works the night shift has a special bond with his daughter. ( j Spinelli) |
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For Ages 4 and Up:
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Animal
Dads by Sneed B. Collard III Within the animal world, fathers have specific roles. (j591.56 Collard) |
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Carlos
and the Cornfield / Carlos y la milpa de maiz by Jan Romero Stevens In this English/Spanish bilingual story, a boy learns the meaning of his father's statement, "You reap what you sow." ( j Foreign Language Spanish Stevens) |
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Dad
and Me in the Morning by Patricia Lakin A young deaf boy spends a glorious morning sharing the beauty of a sunrise with his father. ( j Lakin) |
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Daddy
Played Music for the Cows by Maryann Weidt A daughter's memories of her father and growing up on the farm. ( j Weidt) |
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Daddy's
Roommate by Michael Willhoite A child with divorced parents whose father is gay and has a roommate. ( j Willhoite) |
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Faraway
Home by Jane Kurtz A little girl in America worries as her father prepares for a trip to visit his ill mother in Ethiopia. ( j Kurtz) |
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Fly
Away Home by Eve Bunting A father and son are homeless and living at the airport. ( j Reading Rainbow Bunting) |
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How
Many Stars in the Sky? by Lenny Hort When a father and son can't sleep, they take a long drive to the country to count the stars. ( j Reading Rainbow Hort) |
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Just
the Two of Us by Will Smith A popular song adds to the story of a father's love as his child grows from a boy into a man. ( j Smith) |
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Loon
Summer by Barbara Santucci A girl and her father spend their first summer at the lake without the girl's mother. ( j Santucci) |
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