When I Grow Up
By: Leonid Gore
A great book to share between father and sons, this book utilizes bright colors and cutouts. The book depicts a tiny drop becoming a rushing river and a small sprout becoming an immense tree till finally we see what the small boy wants to grow up to be…his father. [...]
Mexican WhiteBoy by Matt de la Pena
Danny doesn’t know where he fits in. He relates most to his Mexican heritage, feeling more comfortable with his extended Mexican family than with his white mother. When his mom moves to San Francisco with her new boyfriend, Danny decides to stay the summer with dad’s side [...]
Breathless by Jessica Warman
Katie Kitrell’s life is a mess. It was when her mom finally became a successful artist and her dad started a psychiatry practice and the family actually had some money that Katie first started to feel the true burden of hatred and jealousy. The only friend she had was her [...]
Refresh, Refresh by Danica Novgorodoff
As in times past, many teenage boys are growing up without dads. Refresh, Refresh illustrates the lives of three boys who are waiting for their dads to come home, hoping that the military and the war doesn’t swallow their families whole. Gordon, Cody, and Josh are three friends whose [...]
The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
This novel is based on the true story of a Hitler Youth named Helmuth Hubener who was imprisoned and put to death by the Nazis. Helmuth recounts the course of events leading up to his imprisonment from his jail cell on death row in Berlin , Germany [...]
Dinos in the Snow by Karma Wilson
Does your child love dinosaurs? This book combines one of the most popular topics at the Library, dinosaurs with wintry activities. Follow a Barapasaurus, Stegosaurus and other friends as they embark on dino-sized adventures on skis, sleds and snowboards. The rhyming text will make any snowy day [...]
Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks
Cadel Piggott is a genius. Really. At age seven he was brought to see a psychologist because he kept getting in trouble as a result of his manipulation of computer and security equipment. By his thirteenth birthday, he was in his 11th year of school and was causing traffic jams, demolishing [...]
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