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Girls
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• Papa, Please Get the Moon For Me, by Eric Carle. In this engaging book with pull-out pages, a little girl wants to play with the moon, so she asks her father to get it for her.
• Daddy's Little Girl, by Bobby Burke and Horace Gerlach. The lyrics to this timeless song about fatherhood are brought to life by an adorable bunny dad and his baby daughter.
• On a Wintry Morning, by Dori Chaconas. A toddler gets bundled up for some outside fun with her dad, all told in soothing, rhyming text.

• Baby Dance, by Ann Taylor. Mama is napping on the sofa, so it's up to Dad to entertain his baby girl with a dancing and singing spree throughout the house.
• Destiny's Gift, by Natasha Tarpley. A young girl's father and mother help her organize the community to try to save a popular bookstore from closing.
• Faraway Home, by Jane Kurtz. When her dad is called back home to Ethiopia due to his mother's illness, a young girl struggles to accept that he'll have to be away from her for a little while.
• Just My Dad and Me, by Leah Komaiko. A young girl is thrilled to head to the sea shore with her father, but she struggles to get any alone time with him when her extended family decides to come along too.
• Lily Brown's Paintings, by Angela Johnson. A little girl loves painting, almost as much as she loves her father and family.
• Meet Danitra Brown, by Nikki Grimes. A series of poems about "the most splendiferous girl in town," and her thoughts on family, friends, and her own special quirks.
• Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, by John Steptoe. In this African tale, a villager hears that the King is looking for a bride so he sends both his daughters—one kind and gentle; one selfish and angry—to the capital city to meet with him.
• My Feet Are Laughing, by Lissette Norman. A spirited Dominican American girl growing up in Harlem tells her life story through lively and animated poems. And even though her parents are separated, she's thankful they both stay actively engaged in her life.
• My colors, my world/Mis colores, mi mundo, by Maya Christina Gonzalez. In the Mojave desert, Maya longs for color. With the help of a friendly bird, she finds it all around—in her mom's flowers and in her dad's shiny black hair, for starters.
• My Very Own Room/Mi propio cuartito, by Amada Irma Perez. A Mexican-American girl with five brothers lobbies her parents to get some alone space for herself in their crowded home.
• Night Shift Daddy, by Eileen Spinelli. A caring father takes the time to tuck his little girl in for bed before heading off to work overnight.
• On Our Farm, by Laura E. Williams. A Latina girl discovers how fun it is to spend the day helping her father.
• Please, Baby, Please, by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee. Film director Spike Lee and his wife penned this story about a rambunctious baby girl who never seems to get tired.
• The Talking Cloth, by Rhonda Mitchell. A young girl's father and aunt help her better understand her West African culture.
• Thunder Rose, by Jerdine Nolen. The spirit of the Wild West is alive and well in this tale of a very special African-American cowgirl who is named after the stormy night on which she was born.
• Visiting Day, by Jacqueline Woodson. A young girl and her grandmother make a special trip to visit the girl's father in prison.
• Visiting Langston, by Willie Perdomo. A young inspiring writer is thrilled to be visiting the Harlem brownstone where Langston Hughes once lived. The thing that makes the trip even better is the fact that she's taking it with her daddy.
• Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman, by Kathleen Krull. The empowering biographical tale of the heroic athlete, who, despite being born prematurely and having polio, became the first woman to ever win three Olympic gold medals.
• Vroomaloom Zoom, by John Coy. A fun-loving dad takes his little girl out for a ride on a hot summer night.
• Xochitl and the Flowers/Xochitl, la nina de las flores, by Jorge Arqueta. This bilingual book follows the adventures of a young girl as her family relocates from El Salvador and tries to continue to make their flower business grow in the States.

• Fly High! The Story of Bessie Coleman, by Louise Borden and Mary Kay Kroeger. The true-life tale of a Texas-born girl who grew up to be the first African-American, male or female, to earn a pilot's license.
• My name is Celia/Me llamo Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz/La vida de Celia Cruz, by Monica Brown. A look at the exceptional life of the Cuban queen of salsa, who was undeniably born with music in her soul.
• My name is Gabriela/Me llamo Gabriela: The Life of Gabriela Mistral/la vida de Gabriela Mistral, by Monica Brown. This lyrical story follows the Chilean writer's life, from teaching herself to read as a youngster to being awarded the Nobel Peace prize as an adult.
• Ramona and Her Father, by Beverly Cleary. The irrepressible Ramona Quimby tries to navigate her way through second grade, while also trying to get her recently unemployed dad to quit smoking.