With My Daddy: A Book of Love and Family

by Jo Witek, Christine Roussey (Illustrator)

Overview

A loving celebration of time with Dad from the bestselling creators of In My Heart

Part of the Growing Hearts series!

A little girl loves spending time with her dad. They ride bikes and swim in the pool! They can imagine exciting adventures, or just lounge around on a hot day. Being with her dad makes her feel safe and comforted, strong and powerful. She can confront the neighbor’s dog and get thrown up in the air! And when she gets too scared, or too angry, nothing calms her down better than a big hug from dad.

With charming illustrations and a playful die-cut cover, this joyful picture book celebrates the bond and love between father and child.

The Growing Hearts series celebrates the milestones of a toddler’s emotional development, from conquering fears and expressing feelings to welcoming a new sibling. Read them all!

Hello in There: A Big Sister’s Book of Waiting
In My Heart: A Book of Feelings
Brave As Can Be: A Book of Courage
All My Treasures: A Book of Joy
In My Room: A Book of Creativity and Imagination
With My Daddy: A Book of Love and Family
My Little Gifts: A Book of Sharing
My Tree and Me: A Book of Seasons

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781419728228
Publisher:	ABRAMS
Publication date:	04/24/2018
Series:	Growing Hearts
Pages:	34
Sales rank:	159,918
Product dimensions:	10.25(w) x 10.50(h) x 0.75(d)
Age Range:	2 - 4 Years

About the Author

Jo Witek and Christine Roussey are the author/illustrator team of Hello in There, In My Heart, Brave As Can Be, All My Treasures, and In My Room. Jo Witek is an author, journalist, and screenwriter. She has published several books in France, where she lives. Christine Roussey is an illustrator and works in advertising and with newspapers, magazines, and publishers. She lives in Paris.

Editorial Reviews

2018-03-18
A young girl explores how she feels when she is with her father. Roussey's illustrations stand out, the ink-drawn girl tiny next to her father's gigantic hands, emphasizing just how outsized his influence on her and her emotions is. When she gives her dad a hug, she feels "like / a little bird in a warm, comfy nest. / When I am with my dad, I feel safe." The picture may be difficult for literal thinkers to puzzle out: The girl rests in a house-shaped space superimposed on a tree that resembles a green lollipop. Her dad's giant left hand waters the tree; his right lays a blanket on the girl. Dad also makes her feel "brave," "daring," "confident" in her abilities (she rides a two-wheeler across the back of his hand), "adventurous" (at the pool), "playful," "calm," "excited," "angry," and "peaceful and happy again." But "No matter what I am feeling / …. / I love my dad, / and my dad loves me." Dad's extremities are the only parts of him visible, and both he and his daughter are paper-white, she with bobbed dark hair tied with a red bow. As with other titles in the Growing Hearts series, this one has thick board pages, but oddly, unlike the others, this one lacks the die cuts and flaps that make thick pages a necessity.Familiar emotions writ large. (Picture book. 3-6)

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