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Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A busy Hollywood couple spins a hilarious cautionary tale about what happens when you are glued to your phone. It's a lively day at the neighborhood park. Birds are singing, squirrels are frolicking, dogs are causing a commotion--and wide-eyed children are enthralled by it all. Too bad the parents are missing everything! It's going to take something really BIG to get them to disengage from their phones . . . This timely story, brought to life with...
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When an egg arrives on his doorstep, Beast doesn't quite know what to do. Feed it? Take it for a nice long walk? Drop it? Doctor Yoko tells him he must keep it warm and just wait, but exactly what he's waiting for is a mystery to the Beast.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Faith shepherds her neglectful, drug-addicted mother through her pregnancy and then kidnaps the baby, taking on the responsibility of being her baby sister's parent while hiding from the authorities.
7) Side by side
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A heartfelt ode to the physical and emotional roles of father and child.
"King and Jester, Boat and Captain, Mountain and Climber... fathers and children are all of these things and more in Chris Raschka's tribute to this familial pair. Each stanza presents three scenarios in which the father and child's roles are subtly balanced. With minimal text and maximum emotion, the book encapsulates Raschka's own passion and nostalgia for being a father...
9) Weekend dad
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
""This home is home because my dad is here, and it's nothing like home because my mom isn't here," thinks the boy in this story when he enters his dad's new apartment for the first time. His dad moved out on Monday and now it's Friday night, the start of his weekend with his dad. The boy and his dad follow their normal weekend routine -- they eat eggs for breakfast, play cards and spend time at the park. And then they do the same things on Sunday....
Author
Series
Arlo and Pips volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Parenting is tough--even for a genius like Arlo--but luckily he isn't alone: his partner Marla and Uncle Pips are there to help! From building a new nest and taking care of Marla while she incubates the eggs to teaching the chicks everything they need to know, Arlo has his wings full. Join Arlo, Pips, Marla, and the new chicks as they explore this next big chapter in their lives.
11) Just like a mama
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
Carol Olivia Clementine wishes her parents did not live so far away, but Mama Rose provides a home, loves her, and cares for her just like a mother would.
Author
Series
Dragon Prince volume 3
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Learning magic is no easy thing, even for young Claudia. Despite a bit of help from a book of spells created by Kpp'Ar, her father's former mentor, it's all she can do to keep things from blowing up in her face--often with spectacularly messy results. But a spell book isn't the only thing that Kpp'Ar left behind when he suddenly and mysteriously vanished. In his wake stands the Puzzle House, a bizarre tower full of magical traps, tricks, contraptions,...
13) The big bad fox
Author
Publisher
First Second Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Who's afraid of the Big Bad Fox? No one, it seems. The fox dreams of being the terror of the barnyard. But no one is intimidated by him, least of all the hens? When he picks a fight with one, he always ends up on the losing end. Even the wolf, the most fearsome beast of the forest, can't teach him how to be a proper predator. It looks like the fox will have to spend the rest of his life eating turnips. But then the wolf comes up with the perfect...
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