Below please find lists curated by the Youth Services Librarians of White Plains Public Library of Nonfiction, Memoirs & Parenting Books; Picture Books, Juvenile Fiction; and Young Adult Fiction written by fathers that are for fathers and about fatherhood.

Nonfiction, Memoirs, & Parenting Books

Dad’s Book of Awesome Projects by Mike Adamich
Library Catalog

Dad’s Book of Awesome Science Projects by Mike Adamich
Library Catalog

Fatherhood by Papa B: a Game-changing Guide for Parents, Father Figures and Fathers-to-be by Bode Aboderin
Library Catalog – Libby

Made With Dad: From Wizards’ Wands to Japanese Dolls, Craft Projects to Build, Make and Do With Your Kids by Chris Barnardo
Library Catalog – hoopla

Made By Dad: 67 Blueprints for Making Cool Stuff by Scott Bedford
Library Catalog

A Better Man: a (Mostly Serious) Letter to My Son by Michael Ian Black
Library Catalog – Libby – hoopla

The Expectant Father: the Ultimate Guide for Dads-to-Be by Armin A. Brott
Library Catalog

The New Father: A Dad’s Guide to the First Year by Armin A. Brott
Library Catalog

Fathering Your Toddler: A Dad’s Guide to the Toddler Years, 12-36 months by Armin A. Brott
Library Catalog

Fathering Your School Age Child: A Dad’s Guide to the Wonder Years, 3-9 by Armin A. Brott
Library Catalog

Sleepless Nights and Kisses for Breakfast: Reflections on Fatherhood by Matteo Bussola
Library Catalog – Libby

A Dude’s Guide to Baby Size by Taylor Camus
Library Catalog

The Ultimate Stay-at-Home Dad: Your Essential Manual for Being a Full-Time Father by Shannon Carpenter
Library Catalog

Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon
Library Catalog – Libby – hoopla

Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces by Michael Chabon
Library Catalog – Libby – hoopla

365 Days of Dad Jokes: Awfully Good Gags… All Year Round by Jim Chumley
Library Catalog

Daditude: the Joys & Absurdities of Modern Fatherhood by Chris Erskine
Library Catalog – hoopla

Parenting with Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility by Foster Cline
Library Catalog – Libby

Parenting Teens with Love and Logic: Preparing Adolescents for Responsible Adulthood by Foster Cline
Library Catalog – Libby

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Library Catalog – Libby

Majoring in Fatherhood by Calvin Crosby IV
Library Catalog

Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids to Share by Ken Denmead
Library Catalog

Geek Dad’s Book for Aspiring Mad Scientists by Ken Denmead
Library Catalog

Geek Dad’s Guide to Weekend Fun by Ken Denmead
Library Catalog

Parenting on the Go: Birth to Six, A to Z by David Elkind
Library Catalog – Libby

The Power of Play: How Spontaneous, Imaginative Activities Lead to Happier, Healthier Children by David Elkind
Library Catalog

From Fatherless to Fatherhood by Omar Epps
Library Catalog

Being a Dad is Weird: Lessons in Fatherhood From My Family to Yours by Ben Falcone
Library Catalog – hoopla

Maker Dad: Lunch Box Guitars, Antigravity Jars, and 22 Other Incredibly Cool Father-Daughter DIY Projects by Mark Frauenfelder
Library Catalog

I Wouldn’t Do That If I Were Me: Modern Blunders and Modest Triumphs (But Mostly Blunders) by Jason Gay
Library Catalog

The Book of Dads: Essays on the Joys, Perils and Humiliations of Fatherhood edited by Ben George
Library Catalog – hoopla

When I First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk About the Triumphs, Challenges, and Transformative Experience of Fatherhood edited by Brian Gresko
Library Catalog – hoopla

Gay Like Me: A Father Writes to His Son by Richie Jackson
Library Catalog – Libby – hoopla

How to Raise an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Library Catalog – Libby

Fatherhood (aka Two Kisses for Maddy) by Matthew Logelin
Library Catalog – Film starring Kevin Hart

Pops: Learning to be a Son and a Father by Craig Melvin
Library Catalog – Libby

9000 Miles of Fatherhood: Surviving Crooked cops, Teenage Angst and Mexican Moonshine on a Journey to the End of the Road by Kirk Millson
Library Catalog

Dear Black Dads: Wisdom for Your Journey to Fatherhood by Jamal J. Myrick
Library Catalog

Dad Jokes: The Good, the Bad and the Terrible by Jimmy Niro
Library Catalog – hoopla

Dreams from My Father: a Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama
Library Catalog – Libby

Dad’s Maybe Book by Tim O’Brien
Library Catalog – hoopla

The Step In Parenting by Ralph Pittman Jr.
Library Catalog

52 Uncommon Family Adventures: Simple and Creative Ideas for Making Lifelong Memories by Randy Southern
Library Catalog – Libby

For Joshua: An Ojibwe Father Teaches His Son by Richard Wagamese
hoopla

Walking the Ojibwe Path: a Memoir in Letters to Joshua by Richard Wagamese
Library Catalog

Practical Parenting by Montel Williams and Jeffrey Roger Gardere
Library Catalog

Black Fatherhood: Trials & Tribulations, Testimony & Triumph by Khalid Akil White
Library Catalog

It’s Okay to Cry: a Parent’s Guide to Helping Children Through the Losses of Life by H. Norman Wright
Library Catalog – Libby

Star Wars: I AM YOUR FATHER – Lessons for Parents, Protectors and Mentors by Dan Zehr
Library Catalog – Libby

Picture Books

Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie
Library Catalog – Libby – hoopla

My Hero by Brian Biggs
Library Catalog – Libby

Daddy and Me and the Rhyme to Be by Chris “Ludacris” Bridges
Library Catalog

Our Shed: A Father Daughter Building Story by Robert Broder
Library Catalog

I am Perfectly Designed by Karamo Brown
Library Catalog – Libby

My Father is Taller Than a Tree by Joseph Bruchac
Library Catalog – Libby

My Papa is a Princess by Doug Cenko
Library Catalog

Rafa Counts on Papa by Joe Cepeda
Library Catalog

I Love You More Than… by Taye Diggs
Library Catalog – Libby – hoopla

Papá and Me by Arthur Dorros
Library Catalog

Daddy-Daughter Day by Pierce Freelon
Library Catalog

Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman
Library Catalog – Libby – hoopla

Yo Soy Muslim: A Father’s Letter to His Daughter by Mark Gonzales
Library Catalog – Libby

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers
Library Catalog – Libby

How to Cheer Up Dad by Fred Koehler
Library Catalog – Libby

Our Subway Baby by Peter Mecurio
Library Catalog – Libby

My Dad Used to be So Cool by Keith Negley
Library Catalog

A Different Pond by Bao Phi
Library Catalog – Libby – hoopla

If My Love Were a Fire Truck: A Daddy’s Love Song by Luke Reynolds
Library Catalog – Libby

Just the Two of Us by Will Smith
Library Catalog

Pete’s a Pizza by William Steig
Library Catalog – hoopla

Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
Library Catalog – Libby – hoopla

You and Me, Me and You by Miguel Tanco
Library Catalog – Libby – hoopla

Little Fox and the Wild Imagination by Jorma Taccone
Library Catalog – Libby – hoopla

Ask Me by Bernard Waber
Library Catalog – Libby – hoopla

Girl Dad by Sean Williams
Library Catalog – hoopla

Every Friday by Dan Yaccarino
Library Catalog – Libby

Because I’m Your Dad by Ahmet Zappa
Library Catalog

Juvenile Fiction

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Library Catalog – Libby – hoopla

The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
Library Catalog – Libby – Film

Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown
Library Catalog

Vader’s Little Princess by Jeffrey Brown
Library Catalog

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
Library Catalog – Libby – hoopla

The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes
Library Catalog – Libby – hoopla

How to Train Your Dad by Gary Paulsen
Library Catalog – Libby – hoopla

Young Adult Fiction

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Library Catalog – Libby

Nyxia by Scott Reintgen
Library Catalog – Libby

Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman and Brendan Shusterman
Library Catalog – Libby – hoopla