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681) Lily's cat mask
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Armed with a vivid imagination and her trusty cat mask, Lily can take on anything--even a new school... But when her teacher tells her no masks allowed in class, Lily worries, can she make friends without it? Anyone who has been daunted by a new experience, or struggled to put on a good face, will relate to Lily. Whimsical art brings Lily, her father, and her new classmates to life, with text that begs to be read aloud. Perfect for Father's Day,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Grace is in a race against time--and in a race for her life--even if she doesn't realize it yet. She is smart, responsible, and contending with more than what most teens ever have to. Her mother struggled with schizophrenia for years until, one day, she simply disappeared--fleeing in fear that she was going to hurt herself or those she cared about. Ever since, Grace's father has worked as a recruiter at one of the leading labs dedicated...
683) Fight like a girl
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Love and violence. In some families they're bound up together, dysfunctional and poisonous, passed from generation to generation like eye color or a quirk of smile. Trisha's trying to break the chain, channeling her violent impulses into Muay Thai kickboxing, an unlikely sport for a slightly built girl of Trinidadian descent. Her father comes and goes as he pleases, his presence adding a layer of tension to Toronto's east-end townhouse Trisha and...
684) Tiny infinities
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Angry that her father has left, twelve-year-old Alice swears that she will live in her family's old Renaissance tent until he agrees to return; but after she meets her mute four-year-old neighbor Piper she finds herself becoming involved in the child's life--and when she hears the little girl speak a word for the first time in years she sets out to prove to Piper's parents that the dismal diagnosis they received for their daughter may be all wrong....
685) Daddy's sandwich
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Daddy, would you like a sandwich, with all your favourite things ...?" Join one little girl on her quest to make her father the perfect sandwich, whether he likes it or not ... You're in for a wicked surprise! From Squishy McFluff author Pip Jones and bright new talent Laura Hughes, this is a brilliantly funny and charming picture book.
686) The stone giant
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A read-aloud storybook about cunning, courage and survival in which a girl sets out to save her father from the giant who turns everyone she meets to stone."--publisher
687) Zoe and the fawn
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Zoe and her dad see a little spotted sk'ʷək'ʷƛ̓il't (fawn) curled up under an aspen tree. "Where is the sk'ʷək'ʷƛ̓il't (fawn)'s mother?" Zoe asks her dad. Join Zoe on her quest for the deer, as she encounters animals and learns their syilx (Okanagan) names along the way."--Back cover.
688) Moonglass
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
At age seven, Anna watched her mother walk into the surf and drown, but nine years later, when she moves with her father to the beach where her parents fell in love, she joins the cross-country team, makes new friends, and faces her guilt.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"What makes Franny's father a feminist? It's simple, really! He knows that girls can do anything boys can do, and raises Franny to believe that she deserves all the same rights, freedoms, and opportunities that he had. "Franny's Father is a Feminist" portrays the loving bond between a girl and her father--a man who isn't afraid of defying gender norms in order to ensure that his daughter grows up smart, strong, and full of self-confidence. It is a...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"It's good to have a bear, but this little girl has two: the big one has the strength of a giant, the small one is as soft as cotton. Join our protagonist on her fun day out hand-in-hand with her two bears."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
As a young girl gently questions her depressed father, he offers direct answers that help her understand what he is going through. This gentle, hopeful book will help kids cope with a parent's mental illness. It is developmentally appropriate, addressing common questions that kids have. This will be a very useful guide for parents as well as psychologists and mental health professionals working with young children.
692) Goodnight whispers
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In an ordinary night in an ordinary house, a father's ordinary words do something extraordinary. Lulled to sleep by these whispered affirmations, his baby girl grows into a fun-loving child, a confident teen, and then a courageous young woman. As she ventures forth into the world on her own, her father's affectionate affirmations--now carried in memory--bolster her through life's challenges and, like whispers on the he night wind, come full circle...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
"Today is Luna's library day. Book bag, check. Library card, check. Adventures with bugs, dinosaurs, magic and Dad, check!"--From English language cover.
"Hoy es el día favorito de Luna. Bolsa para la biblioteca: ¡lista! Credencial de la biblioteca: ¡lista! Aventuras con insectos, dinosaurios, magia y Papá: ¡listas!"--Page [4] of cover.
694) Going for a sea bath
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Leanne's bath time is boring. It's annoying. It's a pain. Luckily, her father has some excellent, terrific, and spectacular ideas to make it more interesting. He runs down to the sea and brings back one turtle. Then two eels. Then three clown fish. Soon Leanne's bath time is fun! It's amusing! It's exciting! But when the ten octopi arrive, could it be too much of a good thing?
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Français
Description
"Depuis toute petite, Gallia, fille de pirate, préfère jardiner plutôt que manier l'épée! Et ce, au grand désespoir de son papa batailleur. Mais quand les Barbares-à-barbe se présentent sur le pont et menacent ses plantations, Gallia devient soudainement l'opposante la plus redoutable... à sa façon! Peut-on remporter une bataille sans faire de perdants? Pour Gallia, qui aime faire les choses autrement, tout est possible."--Back...
697) It's all relative!
Author
Series
Wizards of Waverly Place volume 1
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Reinforced lib. bound edition.
Language
English
Description
When Alex discovers that her older brother, Justin, already knows how to fly, she insists that her father teach her as well, but her father is not ready.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"When Karen moved to Mt. Olympus, she certainly didn't expect to start junior high with a bunch of gods and goddesses--let alone discover she's a demigoddess (who doesn't yet know her powers)! Having recently joined the school newspaper, Karen decides to investigate a mysterious online troll that goes by the moniker M1N0T4UR. This leads her to a treacherous maze beneath the school where Karen and her friends must complete a set of phases to leave...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Funeral Songs For Dying Girls is a young adult novel about an Indigenous girl who lives on the grounds of a cemetery with her widowed father."--
Winifred has lived in the apartment above the cemetery office with her father, who works in the crematorium all her life, close to her mother's grave. With her sixteenth birthday only days away, Winifred has settled into a lazy summer schedule, lugging her obese Chihuahua around the grounds in a squeaky...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
"Es bueno tener un oso, pero la protagonista de esta historia tiene dos: el grande posee la fuerza de un gigante, el pequeño es suave como el algodón. Acompaña a nuestra protagonista en su divertido día de la mano de sus dos osos."--Casadellibro.com.
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