father-son relationship

"Growing up on the Navajo Indian Reservation, David Crow and his siblings idolized their dad. Tall, strong, smart, and brave, the self-taught Cherokee regaled his family with stories of his World War II feats. But as time passed, David discovered the other side of Thurston Crow, the ex-con with his own code of ethics that justified cruelty, violence, lies--even murder"--OCLC.

When a child has a "bad speech day" at school, his father gives him a new perspective on his stuttering.

Ten-year-old William loves dinosaurs and when Santa delivers a real one, the two set out on a wild Christmas adventure, while Hunter pursues them.

"Buddy Pennington is headed to river country, hoping his luck might change. He'll be better off with his daddy, a wandering soul and a local legend for his skills at Parsnit, a mysterious card game of magic, chance, and storytelling. But no sooner are Buddy and his pop reunited than some of Pop's old enemies arrive to take him away. Boss Authority, the magical crime lord who has held the rivers in his grasp for years, is ready to collect on an old debt Buddy's father owes. Now Buddy must set out on a dangerous rescue mission, learning to play Parsnit with the best of them as he goes. Because the stars are aligning for one last epic duel--one that will require a sticky-fingered ally, a lucky twist of fate, and the hand of a lifetime. And in this game, you're only as strong as the story you tell"--Amazon.

Thirteen-year-old Jorge Fuerte struggles to deal with his father coming out as transgender, his twin brother's anger, and trying to keep the secret from his comic-loving friends and cool, confident, quirky new neighbor Zoey.

"Being a space-trucker sounds like a cool job, but the reality is, it can be really boring. So when recently widowed Gil gets a long-haul gig across the universe, he figures it's safe enough to bring his young son Kadyn along for the ride--that is until their 'big rig' gets bitten in half by a gigantic space leviathan! Now separated from his young son and running out of oxygen at an alarming rate, Gil must defy the odds and stay alive long enough to rescue Kadyn. Meanwhile, Kadyn seems to be getting all the help he needs from a talking Space Monkey riding a Space Dolphin...or maybe it's the strange powers he's suddenly manifesting?!"--Back cover.

"After suggesting he and his father go to the river to cool down, a little bear tries to impress his father along the way"--OCLC.

"Billy Dickens discovers that his mysterious father lives in Montana, so this summer Billy will fly across the country, hike a mountain, float a river, dodge a grizzly bear, shoot down a spy drone, and save his own father"--OCLC.

As a little boy watches his father, a bricklayer, work hard to build the city, both dream of building a house of their own.

". . . about a father's love that transcends time, space, and even giant-robot-squids"--Provided by publisher.