For Kids
Franny's father is a feminist by Rhonda Leet
Daddies who are feminist allies are just the best.
Oh, oh, baby boy! by Janine Macbeth
A loving celebration of brown dads and babies.
My daddy rules the world : poems about dads by Hope Anita Smith
Poems about all kinds of dads.
Harriet gets carried away by Jessie Sima
Harriet's daddies have lost her to a crew of penguins! Will she make it to her birthday party?
Two white rabbits, by Jairo Buitrago
The journey from Central America to the United States through the eyes of a child traveling with her father.
My dad used to be cool by Keith Negley
Dad used to be in a band, get tattoos... why did he stop being so cool?!
For Grownups
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
What does it mean to be a Black man in America? A personal and historical exploration of race that takes the form of a letter from father to son.
Fairyland: A Memoir of my Father by Alysia Abbott
A tribute to Abbott’s father, who was a devoted single dad, creative force and gay man who raised her in 1970s and 80s San Francisco.
Goodbye Vitamin by Rachel Khong
Ruth Young decides to move home to be with her father Howard, a history professor falling under the grip of Alzheimer’s disease. A novel that is tender, funny and poignant.
The Heart’s Invisible Furies: a novel by John Boyne
The story of Cyril Avery, born in post-World War II Dublin to an unmarried teenager and adopted by well-off but unusually aloof parents. Cyril comes of age and tries to come to terms with being gay in an extremely repressive society, finding love, family and unconventional fatherhood in a story that is loaded with both pain and humor.
A brand-spanking-new collection of essays from the local acclaimed author with reflections about his father and being a parent to four children.
Rad Dad: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Fatherhood edited by Tomas Moniz and Jeremy Adam Smith
Essays by authors, musicians and other thinkers selected from among the best from Rad Dad Magazine and the Daddy Dialectic blog.