fathers and sons

Karnali Blues, by Buddhisagar, is the most widely read Nepali novel to have appeared in the last twenty years. As it recounts the evolution of a father-son relationship-a son's search for approval, a father's small acts of kindness and forgiveness, a son's fears for his father's dignity as his fortunes and faculties begin to fail-the reader is deeply drawn into young Brisha Bahadur's world.

Preferring science and reading to the sports his father wants him to play, Garvey comforts himself with food and endures bullying before joining the school chorus, where he learns how to accept himself and bond with his father.

Once-popular Rob and overachiever Maegan, both dealing with serious family issues, quickly form a bond that is threatened when Rob confides plans to repair damage his father caused.

Twelve-year-olds Reef and Theo have a mutual problem: their memories are getting mixed up, and that means that Reef is losing his memory of his mother, recently dead of COVID, which terrifies him--but for Theo his new memories are helping him deal with his domineering father.

"Buddy the Elf is here to bring you Christmas cheer! The beloved holiday movie is now an adorable picture book! Buddy the Elf has more Christmas spirit than anyone, but he's never quite fit in with the other elves at the North Pole. Then Buddy learns that he's really a human-and his father is on the Naughty List! Determined to bring his dad some holiday cheer, he sets out for New York city. But when Santa encounters disaster on Christmas Eve, can Buddy count on his new family to help him save the day?"--book jacket.

"Award-winning author Nikki Grimes's beloved novel in verse Garvey's Choice is now a graphic novel, imaginatively and dramatically illustrated by Little Shaq artist Theodore Taylor III.".

When the principal of the super competitive Benjamin Banneker STEAM Academy announces the start of an epic Team Competition, Frederick Douglass Zezzmer is determined to win the trophy and prove to his dad he's worthy, but soon he learns there is no "i" in Team.

"Newell's perfectly comfortable life is turned upside down when Mrs. Hendricks announces the upcoming school dance and he discovers his dad is dating his math teacher"--Provided by publisher.

Kai's and Ray's ninja skills are put to the test when bad guys interrupt their video game. Will father and son be able to level up, or is it game over for the ninjas?.

On a rainy morning, a father and son bond over a walk through a field full of freshly formed ponds teeming with tadpoles.