Books like My Daddy Is a Cowboy
By Stephanie Seales
For the kid who wants to be just like a parent, this is the quiet, glowing ride that says you already are. Lyrical, warm, and quietly joyful, with the hush of early morning and the pride of finding yourself in someone else's stories.
A little girl with kinky, coiling, curling hair needs an extra-special style for a big occasion, so her daddy steps in to figure out how to make her hair — and Zuri — happy.
A young boy travels before dawn with his family to Granny's farm for their annual reunion, where every child must find their own way to honor the family's history — but Lil Alan isn't sure what he'll bring.
A bricklayer works hard every day building the city, while his son works hard at school and plays at molding tiny clay bricks, until one Saturday his father surprises him with something built just for their family.
Across generations, the women in one family pass down the art of quilting — from a seven-year-old girl sold away from her parents who sewed secret maps to freedom, to daughters who carried her knowledge through segregation and into the fight for literacy.
With a baby on her hip and laundry still waiting, a no-nonsense creator demands light and dark, earth and sky, and every living creature into being — then sits back satisfied with what she's made.
A mother and daughter treasure their one shared Saturday each week, planning storytime, salon time, a picnic, and a puppet show — but one setback after another threatens to spoil it.
A young girl, her waitress mother, and her grandma save every spare coin in a big jar, hoping to finally buy a comfortable chair after a fire destroyed their old furniture.
A little girl flies with her family all the way to Holland to visit her grandparents, but somewhere along the journey, her beloved Knuffle Bunny goes missing again.
An aspiring young musician hauls his double bass through busy city streets on the long walk home from school, weaving between crowds while music fills his heart the whole way.
A father speaks love to his child from day one — through truth, comfort, joy, and pride — guiding them through monsters both imaginary and real, and toward a better world.
A young girl helps her grandmother and mother stitch a quilt from scraps of old family clothing, piecing together a patchwork that holds her family's story.
