Kiowa County Public Library District

Taylor is a rebellious teenager with a habit of sneaking out to hang with his anti-war friends, so in January 1968 his mother drags him off to Saigon where his father is attached to the United States embassy; bored (and still rebellious) Taylor sneaks out of the embassy to watch the Tet celebrations, just as the war erupts all over Vietnam and there he is captured by the North Vietnamese Army and sent North as a prisoner and hostage--and during the...

When Spencer Plain's uncle pulls him out of school, and they find themselves being chased by a strange car, Spencer does not know what is going on--but soon he is rescued from the woods by a bear, and taken to Bearhaven, a secret refuge his parents created, filled with bears who can talk, where, desperate to find his parents, he and a bear cub named Kate decide to take matters into their own hands.

"What are two parents to do when their beloved little dragon keeps breathing fire all over the house?"--

Combines gentle rhyming text and illustrations that convey the enduring quality of a parent's love.

Horace, an adopted child, realizes that being part of a family depends on how you feel and not how you look.

Henry Bear has very unusual parents. They encourage him to stay up all night, eat chocolate cake at every meal, and get into trouble with his teacher. But what happens when Henry Bear grows tired of indulging in childish things?

Celebrates all different kinds of dads and highlights the many reasons they are so special. Represents a variety of fathers, with lots of hair and little hair, making cookies and buying doughnuts, camping out and taking naps, and hugging and kissing their children.

Lenny follows Connor for a school project and learns about his life with a military mom.

A board book with gentle rhyming that celebrates and welcomes babies into the world.

XYZ! When Joe and his dad rush out the door to run errands on a Saturday morning, Joe notices that his motomouth father forgot a crucial detail when he got dressed. But will Joe's dad listen? Of course not. As they drive all over town, Jow tries every trick he can think of to get his dad's attention.