fathers and sons

John Ames Boughton, the prodigal son of Gilead's Presbyterian minister, falls in love with Della Miles, a high school teacher who is also the child of a preacher.

Glory, the youngest of the eight Boughton children, returns to Gilead, Iowa, in 1957 to care for her dying father, Robert, a former Presbyterian pastor, and the two are soon joined by Jack, the prodigal son of the family who left town twenty years earlier in the midst of scandal, and together they edge toward understanding, forgiveness, and healing.

"A funny, noisy parrot comes into Jack's world and brings him closer to his dad in an unexpected and moving way"--Provided by publisher.

"Morris buys a book for his son, Benny, that he enjoyed as a child, but Benny stubbornly refuses to read or even listen to it--forcing Morris to ridiculous extremes, such as a safari to the middle of the Sahara"--OCLC.

When his busy father prompts him to get ready for an exciting family cookout, an exuberant young Pablo decides that he would rather not wear his pants and would have more fun finding other ways to use them.

"Raj and his dad are going camping. They've packed everything they need, and Raj knows they are going to have an amazing time. Once they get there, however, they find they have to contend with wind, rain, and a family of very noisy bears"--.

"A modern classic about a boy on a quest to rescue his father, with only a ghost as his companion and a mysterious pony as his guide"--.

Young Derek's dream of sailing to a championship under his father's coaching is complicated by unplanned challenges.

"Vince's Tokyo Tigers take on the Chofu Dreams in the Tokyo Wheelchair Basketball Tournament. Before the tournament begins, Coach Yasuda makes Vince (who took his nickname from NBA baller Vince Carter) an offer to join the Dreams, a much superior team to the Tigers. Meanwhile, Nomiya's plan for redemption gets a setback, and the Tigers get a new addition, a grieving young man named Ryo Mizushima who misses his friends." -- website Comic Book Bin.