I keep this book around to make me cry. It works every time. 
 It's about a lot of things, and one thing. The one thing is racism, but there's little things swimming around in it, and one of those is fatherhood and what it means to be a father. 
 The sections that taught me about that are pages 110-122 and 324- 336. Don't grab a copy just to read those; it might not have the same emotional impact. Read the book. Yes, it's the 7th in a miniseries, but Terry was good in making them stand alone. Read it and understand why I feel driven to promise my children to read to them every day, and specifically keep a copy of Where's My Cow? around to read. 
 Because some things are important.