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Father's Day

Father's Day is a time to celebrate Dad and all the things he does for his children. Check out these books and movies that share the bonds of fathers and their children.

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  • What My Father and I Don't Talk About

    Sixteen Writers Break the Silence

    "A follow-up to 'What My Mother and I Don't Talk About', this collection of essays from 16 notable writers breaks the silence on the complex--and sometimes contentious--relationships we have with our fathers. A viral sensation online, this is an…
    Book, 2025New York : Simon & Schuster, 2025. — 306.8742 WHA
  • Love, Dad

    Inspiring Notes From Fathers to Kids

    Warsh, Joel,
    "Fathers express their hopes for their children"--
    Picture Book, 2025New York : Random House, [2025] — J PIC WAR
  • Maybe he didn't always know best, but beginning in 1954 insurance salesman Jim Anderson (Robert Young) of Springfield, Ohio, was America's favorite head of household.
    Streaming Video, 1954Shout Studios, 1954.
  • "Jojo and Rosie's papa has been away on a trip, and they can't wait to welcome him home! They make signs, they pick flowers, and with Daddy's help, they bake a cake and pack the car with absolutely everything Papa might have missed while he was…
    Picture Book, 2025New York, NY : Philomel, 2025. — J PIC BUT
  • The #1 Dad Book

    Be the Best Dad You Can Be--in 1 Hour!

    Patterson, James, 1947-
    "I did the homework, so you don't have to do as much. I talked tolots of experts, and lots of dads, and lots of experts who are alsodads. I read everything I could. Then I wrote and rewrote this book, filled with steps you can take to become a…
    Book, 2025New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2025. — 306.8742 PAT
  • "Two boys argue about whose dad is the best and strongest, taking the competition to the extreme"--
    Picture Book, 2025Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, 2025. — J PIC PIN
  • "Mickey and Arlo are half sisters. But they've never spoken and never met. Arlo adored her father--but always lived in the shadow of his magnetic personality and burdensome vices. Meanwhile, their father abandoned Mickey and her mother years ago,…
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Viking, 2025. — F DIC
  • "Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house that is falling apart, and an elderly stepfather who seems to have quietly moved in. Her career is in freefall and her love life is . . . complicated. So when…
    Preloaded Audiobook, 2025Solon, Ohio : Playaway Products, LLC, [2025] — F MOY
  • Siblings Violeta and Eva live with their mother, but travel every summer to New Mexico to spend time with their loving but unpredictable father in this moving drama that follows them from adolescence to adulthood.
    DVD, 2025Chicago, IL : Music Box Films, [2025] — F IN
  • Simple, rhyming text celebrates all the amazing things fathers can do.
    Picture Book, 2024New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2024. — J PIC NEW
  • "From the award-winning author of How Lucky and The Time Has Come, this heartfelt and humorous novel follows an Atlanta police officer who learns he has months to live and determines to get killed in the line of duty to provide for his son . . . but…
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Harper, 2025. — F LEI
  • Manhattan dentist Peter Pearce is facing a midlife crisis after his wife of 35 years leaves him. On the spur of the moment, he books a trip to Tulum, Mexico, only to crash his son's bachelor party.
    DVD, 2025[United States] : Greenwich Entertainment, [2025] — F EXH
  • Penny has never met anyone smarter than her. That's par for the course when you're a savant--one of less than one hundred in the world. But despite her photographic memory and super-powered intellect, there's one question Penny doesn't know the…
    Book, 2024Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, 2024. — F WIL
  • "Known for his tragicomic voice and unforgettable characters, John Dufresne tells the story of Olney, whose beloved son, Cully, collapses into addiction and vanishes into the chaotic netherworld of southern Florida. Aided by his terminally ill…
    Book, 2025New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2025] — F DUF