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Eighteen poems by English and American authors celebrate fathers--sometimes humorously, sometimes poignantly.

In 1817, after her mother has died and her father abandoned his children, thirteen-year-old Mem searches for a new home for Joshua, herself, and their little sister.

Ten-year-old Amelia records her thoughts and feelings about flying solo to Chicago to meet the father she has not seen since her parents divorced when she was an infant.

Drawing on the author's memories of her youth, a girl recalls the special summer spent in Michigan with her yarn-spinning father and a magic rock.

After moving to a busy new neighborhood with his mother, Louie decides to explore and see if there is anyone he might like to have as a father.

With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.

On her birthday Dad takes a young girl and her brother to see the Monster at Clay Pit Bottom.

Describes how dads show love by explaining all the things that they cannot do, such as sleeping late, keeping their ties clean, and reading books by themselves.

Not only does Corey's father make the best spaghetti, but he also dresses up like Bathman and acts like a barking dog.

Dad's behavior changes when he becomes a dinosaur for a day.

Bweela and Javaka relate the incidents that make Daddy a monster in their eyes.

Stories about Laura's father and life on the frontier.

A father's drinking causes pain and embarrassment to his family, until he begins to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

A child describes the many wonderful things about "my dad," who can jump over the moon, swim like a fish, and be as warm as toast.

A father makes his daughter an apple pie and all of the farm animals want a taste.