Daddy-Sitting


Book Description

A young girl enjoys taking care of her father through a day of ordinary activities, and encouraging him to be anything he wants when he grows up--as long as she can be part of it.




Going Down Home with Daddy


Book Description

Set at one young boy's annual family reunion, this Caldecott Honor-winning picture book is a rich and moving celebration of Black history, culture, and the power of family traditions. "On reunion morning, we rise before the sun. Daddy hums as he packs our car with suitcases and a cooler full of snacks. He says there's nothing like going down home" Down home is Granny's house. Down home is where Lil Alan and his parents and sister will gather with great-grandparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Down home is where Lil Alan will hear stories of the ancestors and visit the land that has meant so much to all of them. And down home is where all of the children will find their special way to pay tribute to their family history. All the kids have to decide what they'll share, but what will Lil Alan do? Kelly Starling Lyons' eloquent text explores the power of history and family traditions, and stunning illustrations by Coretta Scott King Honor- and Caldecott Honor-winner Daniel Minter reveal the motion and connections in a large, multi-generational family.




No, You Sit Mummy. You Sit Daddy


Book Description

This is a story about a little girl named Rickelsha. She was about one - two years old when she was telling her mum and dad, "no you sit mummy and you sit daddy." That was whenever she was getting over the top, her mum and dad would tell her "sit down Rickelsha," and Rickelsha would reply "no, you sit mummy" or "you sit daddy."




Daddy Hugs


Book Description

How many daddy hugs does it take to say I love you? Cuddle and count with this hug & read book!




Sittin' in the Front Pew


Book Description

Returning to Baltimore from Los Angeles to bury her late father, Glynda Naylor and her three sisters celebrate their father's life and search for answers about who the real Edward Naylor, who had raised them after their mother's death, was. Original. 35,000 first printing.




Sittin' in the Front Pew


Book Description

From the author of the national bestseller The Shirt off His Back comes a novel about love, family, and honoring loved ones Death brings about strange emotions, and people’s true colors start to show. Glynda Naylor discovers this when she gets the call that her father has died suddenly and she must fly from Los Angeles to Baltimore to bury him. Her beloved daddy, Edward Naylor, raised his four young daughters after their mother's death, and was the perfect father, brother, fiancé, and friend to those who loved him. As friends and family gather to pay tribute to this pillar of the community, Glynda and her sisters begin to search for answers about who the real Edward Naylor was. Their father was a good man, without question, but he also took a secret to his grave. What happens when his secret shows up for the funeral?




Who's Your Daddy?


Book Description

Are we living in a "post-father" era? This book is a wake-up call to men and women, challenging them to understand the crisis of fatherlessness in the world and to examine its impact on our culture and in individual lives. The author also identifies the different types of father wounds, the specific scars that men and women carry, and provides personal steps for healing and experiencing God's Father Love. As a generation, one of the biggest issues we face is fatherlessness. We have a generation of boys, raised by women, who don't know how to be a man, husband, or father; and a generation of girls raised without the protection, affirmation, or wholesome affection of a father. In this book, Waylon Ward tackles these tough issues head on. Dr. John A. King Best-selling author of It's a Guy Thing: Helping Guys Become Men, Husbands, and Fathers Waylon Ward is an experienced pastoral counselor and life coach who has focused on healing the wounds of father deprivation for more than 30 years. From his own childhood and the life experiences of thousands of people he has counseled, he has learned how to enable individuals to find healing from these wounds by coming home to the loving heart of God the Father. Waylon and his wife, Lynn, founded Mercy Matters, a ministry of counseling, teaching and restoration. The Global Fathering Initiative (GFI) was created in 2008 to address the fathering crisis in our world and to provide healing for wounded men, women and children. Waylon is also the author of The Bible in Counseling and Sex Matters.




My Fakebook Father


Book Description

Growing up in a two parent Christian family home feeling unloved and rejected by the one man she loved the most, her father. Never truly experiencing the unconditional love of a father altering not only her perspective but her relationships with men and with God. Her self-worth being low, she could always find a reason to laugh and she loved making people laugh, especially her father because his laughter felt like approval. Tired of not being seen, heard or listened to she reaps the support of her father's aunt who seemed to gaze into her soul. Along with the support of her favorite Aunt Pretty, she was able to successfully fight her causes with her father only later to experience pain like never before. Deciding not to become a product of her environment she used every obstacle placed in front of her to change the trajectory of her life that she just so happened to be born into. She speaks the truth at all times and will make you laugh out loud. There is worth behind the masks and today this book will become your favorite Aunt Pretty inspiring you to emerge as your most beautiful butterfly.




Hush


Book Description

A powerfully moving novel from a three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Evie Thomas is not who she used to be. Once she had a best friend, a happy home and a loving grandmother living nearby. Once her name was Toswiah. Now, everything is different. Her family has been forced to move to a new place and change their identities. But that's not all that has changed. Her once lively father has become depressed and quiet. Her mother leaves teaching behind and clings to a new-found religion. Her only sister is making secret plans to leave. And Evie, struggling to find her way in a new city where kids aren't friendly and the terrain is as unfamiliar as her name, wonders who she is. Jacqueline Woodson weaves a fascinating portrait of a thoughtful young girl's coming of age in a world turned upside down A National Book Award Finalist




Rhythm and Hues


Book Description

Rhythm and Hues – Twenty-Three Stories of Hardship and Hope By: Corey B. Collins Rhythm and Hues – Twenty-Three Stories of Hardship and Hope is a collection of stories that explore the challenges and triumphs experienced by marginalized communities. In America, hardship and hope are strange bedfellows that often travel in tandem through many communities of color. From families and friends mourning the loss of loved ones taken too soon to youngsters striving to achieve through difficulties not of their own making, these pages lift the veil and offer the hued reader a look at the sometimes familiar. They also offer the non-hued reader some understanding of how communities often burdened by crosses so heavy manage time and again to summon the strength to continue looking upward.