father and child

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Olivia builds a house

"Father asks Olivia for help with a model house he is trying to sell. Will Olivia's special touch be enough to impress the client."--Publisher.

Confetti girl

After the death of her mother, Texas sixth-grader Lina's grades and mood drop as she watches her father lose himself more and more in books, while her best friend uses Lina as an excuse to secretly meet her boyfriend.
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Owl moon

On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the great horned owl.
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Hero dad

A child demonstrates that while Dad differs from a traditional superhero, as an American soldier he is a superhero of a different kind.
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To kill a mockingbird

A large print edition of Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird", in which eight-year-old Scout Finch tells of life in a small Alabama town where her father is a lawyer.
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Pie in the sky

A father and child watch the cherry tree in their back yard, waiting until there are ripe cherries to bake in a pie. Includes a recipe for cherry pie.
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Farm morning

A father and his young daughter share a special morning as they feed all the animals on their farm.
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Emma

A supremely self-assured young lady determined to arrange her life and the lives of all around her into a pattern dictated by her romantic fantasy.
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Sylvie and the songman

"Sylvie Bartram's beloved dog, Mr. Jackson, has lost his bark. The birds have stopped singing. And in the growing silence, her dad has disappeared. Determined to find him, Sylvie and her best friend, kite-flying, tone deaf George, are drawn into the nightmare world of the Songman, a world haunted by the terrifying Woodpecker Man in his swan-powered balloon, a world where nothing can sing and no one can speak. Only Sylvie can save the earth from its terrible voiceless fate."--Dust jacket.
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The voyage of Patience Goodspeed

Folowing their mother's death in Nantucket, Captain Goodspeed brings twelve-year-old Patience and six-year-old Tad aboard his whaling ship, where a new crew member incites a mutiny and Patience puts her mathematical ability to good use.
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