Dad: The Man, the Myth, the Legend

by Mifflin Lowe, Dani Torrent (Illustrator)

Overview

"Like this child, readers will want to be like this dad: able to dream big and accomplish anything."—Kirkus Reviews

“This creative romp by Lowe follows a father with an apparently boundless capacity for fun, his more levelheaded wife, and their two children….A rollicking celebration of one father’s imagination.”—Publishers Weekly

He's the most interesting man in the world. He changes diapers just because he likes it. He's counted to infinity—twice! He's stonger than Sasquatch, smarter than Einstein, and he cooks a mean spaghetti with M&Ms for all your bad days.

He's a myth. He's a legend. He's . . . my dad!

Dad: The Man, The Myth, The Legend is an epic—and totally unexaggerated—tale for dads everywhere! Heroic, hilarious, and heartwarming, it's the sweet saga of Dad: protector, provider, and child's best friend. 

And it's all true. Right, Dad?

The end includes a page for children to write what makes their own dad a legend.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781733633567
Publisher:	Bushel & Peck Books
Publication date:	05/01/2021
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	AD580L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Bestselling author, singer, songwriter, and musician Mifflin Lowe has had nine books published, selling over 300,000 copies in six languages. His books include a children's poetry book, Beasts By The Bunches (Doubleday), and three humor books for adults: The Cheapskate's Handbook, I Hate Fun, and How To Be A Celebrity (Price/Stern/Sloan.) He has also performed his music for family audiences from New England to New Orleans, presenting works from his children's CDs: The King Who Forgot His Underpants, Cowboy Kareem, Wilton Wilberry's Magical Holiday Wishing Well, Cat Tales, and Beasts By The Bunches (Caedmon/Harper& Row). Recently, his animated film script, The Adventures of Cowboy Kareem, won the blue ribbon prize in the Sarasota Film Office TV/ME competition, beating out over 800 entrants from 28 states.

Illustrator, painter, writer Dani Torrent graduated in History of Art from the University of Barcelona and in Illustration from the School of Design and Art Llotja in Barcelona. He completed the academic training with film direction studies and doctorate courses in Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. Dani's works have won numerous awards.

Editorial Reviews

2021-03-17
A child enumerates all the ways Dad is a superhero in his own right.

This dad clearly has an imagination to match his child’s. Last week, the kiddo was getting squeezed by a python, the double-page spread depicting a jungle scene with Dad using a vine to swing across to rescue his child from a menacing (and gigantic) snake. This gives way with the page turn to a single page revealing the child tangled in a green garden hose, Dad armed with a garden spade, and Mom, unimpressed, holding the hose where, presumably, Dad has sliced it with a trowel in the rescue effort. This sets the pattern, Dad imagining things with his children and Mom injecting a bit of reality, especially when his humoring of the children goes a little too far (“spaghetti with M&M’s, chocolate sauce, and…potato chips,” anyone?). This father seems to know just how to make everything right in his children’s lives, from serving up ice cream to the losing baseball team and getting a matching terrible haircut to finding his daughter’s lost doll. Torrent’s illustrations of the redheaded White family play up body language and facial expressions so readers feel like they are there with them in each situation, no matter how outlandish. And their reactions to each other are priceless (kisses? Ewww!).

Like this child, readers will want to be like this dad: able to dream big and accomplish anything. (Picture book. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews