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1443) My two moms and me
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
20 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 18 x 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Families with same-sex parents are celebrated in this board book that follows busy moms and their kids throughout their day-eating breakfast, going on a playdate, heading to the pool for a swim, and settling back in at night with a bedtime story and a good-night lullaby. LGBTQ+ parents and their friends and families will welcome this diverse and cheerful book that reflects their own lives and family makeup.
Twice the moms means twice the love in...
1444) Yotsuba&!: 14
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Yen Press edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Guess what?! Yotsuba's...a princess! Too bad Daddy doesn't know how pretty long hair is! It's okay, 'cos Yotsuba can show it to Asagi. She knows aaall about being a pretty princess! But wait! Yotsuba's going to Tokyo! Tokyo is where you go to be stylish and fancy, just like a real princess. The only problem is, there are aliens who are after Earth! It's okay, it's okay. Yotsuba has a secret move or two and will save everyone!" -- Page [4] cover.
Author
Publisher
Hazy Dell Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
540L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colored illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
" All the sunken treasure in the ocean is worth nothing compared to a father's love for his daughter. Featuring a kraken, merpeople, King Neptune and a shark who loves to wrestle, this swashbuckling board book celebrates the fathoms-deep bond between a parent or guardian and their child."--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
350 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Pearl Li is ready to spend the summer before seventh grade hanging out with her two best friends, crocheting the cutest amigurumi dolls, and visiting her favorite tea shop, Boba Time. Its quirky owner, Auntie Cha, is the only adult Pearl can confide in about her art--if only her tech-obsessed family would understand her love of crafts! After Pearl learns of Boba Time's financial troubles, she decides to sell her amigurumi to raise money for the shop....
1447) I'm up
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 17 cm
Language
English
Description
"There is so much to see when you are up: The birds. The park. The pup. And some very sleepy parents! I'm Up! is an ode to a new day, and a celebration of everything and everyone that gets up each morning"--
1449) Her forever family
Author
Series
Publisher
Steeple Hill
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Widowed father Ben Lamar isn't an expert on parenthood. Especially when it comes to helping his teenage son with special needs. So when a caring child psychologist offers to work with the boy, Ben is relieved. Until he discovers that Alison Stone's ideas are very different from his. Granted, his son is responding very well to treatment. But the lovely doctor is asking way too much of a hardheaded guy like Ben. Such as opening his mind and heart to...
Author
Publisher
Douglas & McIntyre
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
334 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The powerful story of a mother's struggle to save her son from addiction--and the strength and hope for change that she found in her grief. When the author's son, Tristan, began experimenting with drugs at age of fourteen, Kathy Wagner told herself it was just a phase. But by the time he was fifteen, she had to face the gravity of Tristan's addiction. Unable to get him treatment without his consent, she did everything else that she could to try to...
1452) Families grow
Author
Publisher
Rise x Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
AD 590L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 17 cm
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text shows an appreciation of the joy and excitement of the different ways a family can grow.
1453) Just keep walking
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
223 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Two years after her parents' surprising and painful split, twelve-year-old Jo and her mom find themselves on the 100-mile hike on the Superior Hiking Trail along Lake Superior's north shore--a journey that Jo had always looked forward to hiking with her dad. It's not a situation that either of them ever predicted they'd find themselves in, yet here they are in the wilderness with their entire lives stuffed into a pair of thirty-pound packs. Along...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Baby and Mamma are going to visit Nonna today. Roll, roll in the stroller. Beep, beep on the bus. Choo, choo on the train -- all the way to Nonna's. Whee!
1455) Mommy, mama, and me
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
20 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 16 x 16 cm
Language
English
Description
A baby enjoys a number of fun activities with her two mothers.
1458) Hey, kiddo
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 510L
Physical Desc
294 pages, 20 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving, very opinionated people who had thought they were through...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
HL 800L
Physical Desc
1 book club bag ; in container
Language
English
Description
Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people... In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance -- and Papi's secrets -- the two girls are forced to...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
8 books (428 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm), in a cloth bag ; 38 x 46 cm
Language
English
Description
Harry Crane is an analyst for the US Forest Service, until his wife dies suddenly and he is unable to cope. Leaving his job and his old life behind, Harry makes his way to the remote woods of northeastern Pennsylvania's Endless Mountains. Determined to lose himself, he takes up residence in the woods. Oriana and her mother, Amanda, are struggling to pick up the pieces from their own tragedy. Oriana roams the forest searching for answers, and she believes...