Books for My Father

With Father's Day in the offing, we'd thought we'd pop into our beloved local book store and see what owners Jonah and Ellen Zimiles had tee'd up for dads. We weren't disappointed: The shelves and table tops at were teeming with texts to tickle the fancy of your favorite father. Drop in to score a gift for dad today. Here are our picks:

Humor

• , Maplewood's Alan Paul, now popularly known as the "Panda Dad" (in contrast to the Tiger Mom), reminisces about being a dad in China, as well as a mad rock 'n' roller.

Sports

• , Robert Strauss writes about raising two sports-mad girls and loving it — and them.
• , Maplewood's Dan Barry lovingly recounts the story of the longest professional baseball game ever played.

Politics

• by West Orange's Richard Codey, New Jersey State Senator representing the 27th District — which includes Maplewood.

Need more ideas? Check out our photo gallery of books attached here.