Orem Library

Told in simple rhyming text, hard-working construction vehicle fathers guide and encourage their children.

Herbert and his father prepare for his first Halloween by making a tiger costume and practicing a big roar.

Still looking for a place to hibernate, Papa Bear follows Baby Bear to a cruise ship, and winds up on a tropical island.

With the recent death of her mother and the possibility of her family losing their farm, Samantha Sakamoto does not have space in her life for dreams, but when faced with prejudice and violence in her Washington State community after Pearl Harbor, she is determined to use her photography to document the bigotry around her.

Too Early follows a family's morning routine from the perspective of the earliest riser--exploring both the groggy haze and the everyday magic inherent in the predawn hours of a loving household.

As everything in the house winds down, Daddy carries a sleepy child to bed.

A father and child watch the cherry tree in their back yard, waiting until there are ripe cherries to bake in a pie. Includes a recipe for cherry pie.

A little girl collects wildflowers while on a walk with her distracted father. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter. This wordless picture book, conceived by award-winning poet JonArno Lawson and beautifully brought to life by illustrator Sydney Smith, is an ode to the importance of small things, small people and small gestures.

One night when Mama is away, Daddy and child seek a good place to count the stars in the night sky.

In this variation on a classic lullaby, a monster father promises his baby a variety of visitors, from a screeching owl to a zombie family.