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by: Sharon Dennis Wyeth
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780590031738
ISBN: 0590031732
Label: Scholastic, Inc
Manufacturer: Scholastic, Inc
Publication Date: 1998-01
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc
Sales Rank: 881794
Studio: Scholastic, Inc
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Illustrated in full color. Though Dad moves around a lot and his jobs keep changing, a young girl and her brother hold fast to memories of his magical, unexpected visits in this portrait of an African-American family held together by a special bond of love.
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Rating: - This book is lovely, but it hurts.
Always My Dad tells the story of a girl who dreams of seeing her father. She knows that work takes him away, but wherever he is, doing whatever he is doing, she knows he is always her dad. When a summer at her grandparents' farm brings her absent father home, every moment is filled with happiness and fun until he announces that he must leave again. Before he goes, he reminds her that he loves her and always will. Wyeth's words and Colón's incomparable pastel illustrations tell this beautiful ... Read More
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