Backstory: Sonora Smart Dodd in Spokane, Washington, decided to hold a church service for Father’s Day. She came up with the idea in 1909 while listening to a sermon on Mother’s Day. Local religious leaders supported Dodd’s idea, and the first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, the month of the birthday of Dodd’s father.
Include some reading time with those who made him a dad!
You Are a Lighthouse: A Father’s Love Letter by Bernard Mensah (Author), Talia Skyles (Illustrator). Chronicle, 2027.
Always Enough Love by Emily Barth Isler (Author), Laura Ramos (Illustrator). Nancy Paulson Books, 2026.
Goodnight Garbage Truck by Michelle Robinson (Author), Nick East (Illustrator). Sourcebooks, 2026.
Dad by Christian Robinson (Author, Illustrator). Balzer & Bray, 2026.
How to Catch a Daddysaurus by Alice Walstead (Author), Andy Elkerton (Illustrator). Sourcebooks, 2023.
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