Monroe Free Library

On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.

Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but interrupts him almost as soon as he begins each tale.

A father tells outlandish stories while trying to get his young son, who is a very picky eater, to eat foods he thinks he will not like.

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.

"When Daisy Ramona zooms around her neighborhood with her papi on his motorcycle, she sees the people and places she's always known. She also sees a community that is rapidly changing around her"--

When Little Red Chicken comes home excited about what she learned in school, she explains to Papa that every story has "an elephant of surprise."

Early one morning, a little scarecrow whose father warns him that he is not fierce enough to frighten a crow goes out into the cornfield alone.

While picking up milk for his children's cereal, a father is abducted by aliens and finds himself on a wild adventure through time and space.

When a child has a "bad speech day" at school, his father gives him a new perspective on his stuttering.

"When Clifford visits his dad in the country, they spend the day fetching, digging, and having lots of fun together!"