Books featuring Single Dads
Parents are not usually the focus of books for children – they’re not the ones having the adventures, after all! Here are some of our favourite stories that happen to have a single dad, including some adoptive dads, in the background. Sometimes this is through death, sometimes divorce, and sometimes the reason is never mentioned. All children will enjoy these fantastic stories for readers age 6 and up.
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Midnight Magic
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Midnight Magic
A fabulous and fully illustrated rhyming story about a magical kitten and the family who adopt her. Ideal for newly independent re…
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The Boy in the Black Suit
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The Boy in the Black Suit
When Matt’s mum tragically dies from cancer, it feels like all the joy is sucked out of his life. Then he meets a girl called Love…
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The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club
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The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club
Stella wants to join The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club – although technically, she can't, simply because she's a girl. …
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High-Rise Mystery
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High-Rise Mystery
High-Rise Mystery is the perfect ‘whodunnit’. As the two girls sift through red herrings and reveal a series of tower block secret…
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Milo and the Restart Button
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Milo and the Restart Button
Silberberg's novel is funny, sad, and empowering for young readers who have suffered bereavement. His comical illustrations and li…
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Whose Dog is This?
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Whose Dog is This?
It’s only been ten minutes since Albert’s dad left the living room, but in that time, chaos has occurred! Dad comes in to fin…
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A Girl Called Justice: The Smugglers' Secret
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A Girl Called Justice: The Smugglers' Secret
A gripping tale of midnight feasts and murder set in 1937 as Justice Jones, junior super-sleuth, returns to her boarding school fo…
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The Shark and the Scar
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The Shark and the Scar
This gripping mystery will keep readers guessing to the end and asks some difficult questions about right and wrong and how someti…
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Diary of an Accidental Witch
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Diary of an Accidental Witch
Bea Black is unenthusiastic about moving to Little Spellshire and is upset when Dad accidentally enrols her at the wrong school.&n…
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The Girl of Ink and Stars
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The Girl of Ink and Stars
When her closest friend disappears into the island's Forgotten Territories, Isabella Riosse volunteers to guide the search. A stun…
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The Last Bear
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The Last Bear
When April and her father move to an uninhabited island in the Arctic Circle, she isn't expecting to meet a lonely polar bear - ho…
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Uma and the Answer to Absolutely Everything
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Uma and the Answer to Absolutely Everything
When Uma finds a mysterious bejewelled headphone lying in the road, she's astonished to discover that it can talk - and what's mor…
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Mango & Bambang – Tiny Tapir Trouble
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Mango & Bambang – Tiny Tapir Trouble
Four funny adventures featuring Mango and her brave, loyal pet tapir, Bambang.
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Rooftoppers
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Rooftoppers
Following an elusive cello melody over the rooftops of Paris, Sophie is determined to find her long lost mother, before it is too …
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