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Judy Freeman's Book Recommendations: Fathers

These titles are listed in the order in which they were presented on the program.


My Very Own Room / Mi Proprio Cuartito
by Amada Irma Pérez, illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez. Children’s Book Press, 2000. Grades K-4.

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Animal Dads
by Sneed B. Collard III, illustrated by Steve Jenkins. Houghton Mifflin, 1997. Preschool-Grade 2.

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The Summer My Father Was Ten
by Pat Brisson, illustrated by Andrea Shine. Boyds Mills Press, 1998. Grades 1-6. 

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Adaline Falling Star
by Mary Pope Osborne. Scholastic, 2000. Grades 4-8.

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The Bat Boy and his Violin
by Gavin Curtis, illustrated by E. B. Curtis. Simon and Schuster, 1998. Grades 1-4. 

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In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall:
African Americans Celebrating Fathers

selected and illustrated by Javaka Steptoe. Lee & Low, 1997. Grades 2-6.

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Abiyoyo, Based on a South African
Lullaby and Folk Song

by Pete Seeger, illustrated by Michael Hayes. Simon and Schuster, 1986. Preschool-Grade 3.


 

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