I Love Daddy Every Day

by Isabel Otter, Alicia Más (Illustrator)

Overview

The first in a collectable new series that celebrates the true spirit of the holidays every day, this colorful picture book engages with the playfulness and appreciation of Father's Day year-round!

Through adorably-illustrated vignettes, this gifty, light-hearted picture book captures and celebrates the true meaning of Father's Day, and encourages readers to embrace the spirit of Father's Day every day! With an array of father-child pairings enjoying all the sweet moments that make dads special throughout the year, I Love Daddy Every Day shares the message that love, hope, kindness, and generosity are relevant all year round.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593123058
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	03/24/2020
Series:	An Every Day Together Book
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	510,699
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 8.37(h) x 0.35(d)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

Editorial Reviews

2020-03-18
Children point out the things they love about their fathers.

“Daddy is always kind. He gives us support and shelter when things go wrong.” A child with a skinned knee (and downed ice cream cone) gets a bandage and loving pat from Daddy (no shelter is visible, but the child’s concerned sibling sweetly extends their own cone). Daddy’s a storyteller, a magician, supportive, loyal, silly, patient, and he knows everything. A die-cut hole pierces most pages, positioned so that the increasingly smaller holes to come can be seen through it; what it represents in each scene varies, and it does so with also-variable success. The bland, nonrhyming, inconsistent text does little to attract or keep attention, though the die cuts might (until they fall victim to curious fingers). The text also confusingly mixes first-person singular and plural, sometimes on the same page: “Daddy is like a gardener. He lovingly cares for us and watches us grow. I’m his pride and joy!” Even as the text mixes number the illustrations mix metaphors. This particular gardener daddy is pictured shampooing a child during bathtime. Más’ cartoon illustrations are sweet if murkily interpretive, affection clearly conveyed. Troublingly, though, each father and his child(ren) seem to share the same racial presentation and hair color (sometimes even hairstyle!), shutting out many different family constellations. Más does, however, portray several disabilities: children and adults wearing glasses, a child with a cochlear implant, and another using a wheelchair.

Skip this well-meaning but poorly executed celebration. (Picture book. 3-5)

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