Shaw, Johnny.
Summary: Jack Veeder is dying. Soon. And that impending event brings his son Jimmy back to the Imperial Valley of southern California just north of the Calexico/Mexicali border. Jimmy hopes he can spend what time his father has left laughing and reminiscing. But Jack's got one dying request. He needs Jimmy to find a Mexican prostitute named Yolanda. Enlisting the help of his boyhood friend Bobby Maves,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Encore 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHAHowley, Jonty
Summary: As they walk to his new school, a frightened Levi and his father learn that it is okay for big boys to cry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOWAmos, Shawn
Summary: Eleven-year-old Ellis discovers family secrets, makes new friends, and adjusts to his parents' recent divorce during a hijinks-filled summer helping his father open the world's first chocolate chip cookie store in 1976 Hollywood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC AMOSchwartz, Joanne (Joanne F.)
Summary: Throughout his day, a young boy thinks of his father who is working in the coal mine that is located underneath the ocean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Schwartz 2017Copies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCHHo, Joanna
Summary: A young Asian boy notices that his eyes look different from his peers' after seeing his friend's drawing of them. After talking to his father, the boy realizes that his eyes rise to the skies and speak to the stars, shine like sunlit rays, and glimpse trails of light from those who came before--in fact, his eyes are like his father's, his agong's, and his little brother's, and they are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Collins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOHo, Joanna
Summary: A young Asian boy notices that his eyes look different from his peers' after seeing his friend's drawing of them. After talking to his father, the boy realizes that his eyes rise to the skies and speak to the stars, shine like sunlit rays, and glimpse trails of light from those who came before-in fact, his eyes are like his father's, his agong's, and his little brother's, and they are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2022
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Summary: "Early Friday morning, Zain leaps out of bed ready to save the world from alien invaders! But his dad has other plans for Zain on this special day of the week. Dad takes Zain to the mosque and guides him through his first jumu'ah prayers. But Zain's quest for a superhero adventure leads to supersize distractions. Can Zain rein in his powerful impulses and appreciate this special experience with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KHAShea, Bob.
Summary: A young hippopotamus shows his father the right way to do things, such as getting dressed, watering the flowers, and especially giving big hugs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer & Bray 2010
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SHETaylor, Sean
Summary: "Small Bad Wolf wants to be bad to the bone like his father, Big Bad Wolf, but the big bad wolf's lessons don't always go to plan ..."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kingfisher 2005
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Summary: Celebrating fathers who raise, love, and uplift little men, this picture book shows how there's nothing a dad won't do for his favorite boy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Summary: Eager to follow in his father's footsteps, Ramon Hill, a talented sixth-grader playing on the eighth-grade lacrosse team, worries about doing his best and being accepted by his older teammates.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2021