Daddy

by Leslie Patricelli (Author) Leslie Patricelli (Illustrator)

From everyone's favorite one-haired baby comes a fond and funny ode to a special daddy, for Father's Day or any day.

Uppy, Daddy! Up so high.

On the shoulders. Touch the sky.

Baby's daddy is big and strong, and his legs are so, so long. He plays horsey, he sings, he cooks, he cleans--this daddy can do anything! In a sweet, simple board book threaded with signature humor, Leslie Patricelli pays tribute to the bond between a little one and a doting daddy.

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School Library Journal

Starred Review

Toddler-PreS--Patricelli's round-faced baby is back in this delightful board book celebrating fathers. The baby, who is pinkish, introduces its dad in rhyming text describing his physical features and activities they do together. "Daddy likes to sing to me./ I play horsey on his knee." Gender stereotypes are pushed against in a compilation of tasks Dad accomplishes such as cleaning, giving a bath, and cooking. The closing pages feature a variety of dads of all skin colors, including a family that has two dads. A first purchase for libraries everywhere.

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Review quotes

Patricelli's round-faced baby is back in this delightful board book celebrating fathers. . . . Gender stereotypes are pushed against in a compilation of tasks Dad accomplishes such as cleaning, giving a bath, and cooking.
—School Library Journal (starred review)

In simple, lilting text, our protagonist discusses Mom's and Dad's superlative traits and describes special time spent with each of them...Patricelli's recognizable colorsaturated and textured art, with thick black outlines and rosy-cheeked characters, is always welcome, and now, especially, pandemic-weary parents may appreciate the boost.
—The Horn Book
Leslie Patricelli
Leslie Patricelli is the author-illustrator of a series of best-selling board books about the irrepressible bald Baby. She is also the creator of the picture books Faster! Faster!, Bigger! Bigger!, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book Higher! Higher!, among other books for children. She lives in Idaho.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781536203820
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Candlewick Press (MA)
Publication date
March 02, 2021
Series
Leslie Patricelli Board Books
BISAC categories
JUV039050 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
JUV013060 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents
JUV017140 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Father's Day
Library of Congress categories
Parent and child
Fathers
Board books
Father's Day

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