Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of song. -Pam Brown We hope these 50 books celebrating affectionate, present, and involved fathers are a blessing to you and your family. Please share your favorites in the comments below!
Well, that’s frustrating! Did you try to do the download from the email or from the website? It wasn’t working initially, but we changed the downloads on the website and they look like they’re working for me right now from there.
Thank you! I like this category, so I thought of the following. :)
Some recent favorites:
Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of Trees (2021), Night Job (Karen Hesse, 2018)
Others:
My Dad Is the Best Playground (Luciana Navarro Powell, 2012), My Father's Boat (Sherry Garland, 2002), Allen Say's The Lost Lake (1989), Enemy Pie (Derek Munson, 2000), Papa's Bedtime Story (Mary Lee Donovan, 1993), Mim's Christmas Jam (Andrea Davis Pinkney, 2001)
Honorable Mentions:
Meeting Trees (Scott Sanders, 1996), The Animal Hedge (Fleischman, 2003), The Butter Man (Elizabeth Alalou, 2008), Dad and the Dinosaur (Gennifer Choldenko, 2017), Town is by the Sea (Joanne Schwartz, 2017), and Abel's Moon (Shirley Hughes, 1999).
And, though really about the loss of a pet, Harry & Hopper features a presumably single dad who helps his (only) son navigate grief in a gentle way (Margaret Wild, 2009)
There is some new to me books on this list - thank you.
Download link did not work for me. But I loved going through the list of books pictured and the descriptions. Thank you for this!
Well, that’s frustrating! Did you try to do the download from the email or from the website? It wasn’t working initially, but we changed the downloads on the website and they look like they’re working for me right now from there.
finally got one of the links to work - thanks again for such a wonderful list!
Thank you! I like this category, so I thought of the following. :)
Some recent favorites:
Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of Trees (2021), Night Job (Karen Hesse, 2018)
Others:
My Dad Is the Best Playground (Luciana Navarro Powell, 2012), My Father's Boat (Sherry Garland, 2002), Allen Say's The Lost Lake (1989), Enemy Pie (Derek Munson, 2000), Papa's Bedtime Story (Mary Lee Donovan, 1993), Mim's Christmas Jam (Andrea Davis Pinkney, 2001)
Honorable Mentions:
Meeting Trees (Scott Sanders, 1996), The Animal Hedge (Fleischman, 2003), The Butter Man (Elizabeth Alalou, 2008), Dad and the Dinosaur (Gennifer Choldenko, 2017), Town is by the Sea (Joanne Schwartz, 2017), and Abel's Moon (Shirley Hughes, 1999).
And, though really about the loss of a pet, Harry & Hopper features a presumably single dad who helps his (only) son navigate grief in a gentle way (Margaret Wild, 2009)
Great list! I look forward to reading these! Thank you for taking the time to share them with us!