Always Daddy's Princess (Board Book)

by Karen Kingsbury

Overview

Blow the trumpet, sound the horn,

Daddy’s princess has been born!

The timeless journey of a daughter and father is poignantly captured in the story of a girl’s growth from childhood to motherhood in this board book edition of Always Daddy’s Princess. Playful, emotive prose, enriched by the whisper of God’s scripture on each beautifully illustrated page, invites girls and dads to see themselves reflected in this keepsake book and to be reminded of the blessings and the bonds between them. Throughout tea parties, soccer games, braces, and boys, a girl is her daddy’s princess every step of the way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310736387
Publisher:	Zonderkidz
Publication date:	03/25/2014
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	604,977
Product dimensions:	5.85(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.45(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Karen Kingsbury, #1 New York Times bestselling novelist, is America’s favorite inspirational storyteller, with more than twenty-five million copies of her award-winning books in print. Her last dozen titles have topped bestseller lists and many of her novels are under development as major motion pictures. Her Baxter Family books have been developed into a TV series now available everywhere. Karen is also an adjunct professor of writing at Liberty University. In 2001 she and her husband, Don, adopted three boys from Haiti, doubling their family in a matter of months. Today the couple has joined the ranks of empty nesters, living in Tennessee near four of their adult children.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 1–3—Adoring parents celebrate the birth of a baby girl, who, from the beginning, is her daddy's princess. At each milestone in her life-tea parties, soccer practice, middle school, driving lessons, and senior prom-her father is there. Whether or not she looks at him, his expressive eyes are always watching her. "College takes her far from home./Then, travel: London, Paris, Rome…/But even when she's far away,/his heart is hers, and so he prays,/for his girl's life has just begun,/his princess, now at twenty-one." On her wedding day, he walks her down the aisle, and later they share a dance. The artwork shows the two of them, her dress billowing around her, ginkgo leaves framing the spread. When her baby is born, her father is there, "his heart, all joy and happiness,/TWO princess girls, a life so blessed." And so the book ends. The illustrations feature a palette of deep fuchsia, teal, gold, and green, giving weight to the story of a girl growing up as her father grows old. Thoughtful illustrations include the girl's mother, dog, and cat, also constants in her life. Well-chosen Bible verses, which echo the rhymed text, are printed in small type on the bottom of the spreads. Though this book will appeal to new parents, children may have difficulty relating to the story on their own. It's best read one-on-one in a family setting.—Mary Jean Smith, formerly at Southside Elementary School, Lebanon, TN

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