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The Very Best Daddy of All

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A very simple rhyme is illustrated here with lovely pastels; realistic pictures of various animal fathers caring for their young. The message seems to be that daddies protect and provide for their babies, not just humans. I think this book would be the ideal read for Father's Day.

The Very Best Daddy of All is sweet and shows fatherly love in a way that children will universally appreciate. It can also be used to open discussion with your kids about food, behaviors and survival in the animal kingdom. Recommended.
-Andrea, aka Merribelle

I got this book for my husband from our infant daughter for Christmas this year. He got tears in his eyes when he read it, so I would say it's a great book!

This review first appeared in the "Ephrata (PA) Review."

Real-life examples from the animal kingdom highlight the varied roles animal fathers play in their offsprings' lives.
The text is bare bones. "Some daddies build you a house" accompanies a picture of a fish carrying seawood in his mouth to an emerging structure.

Realistic and richly textured pastels focus on the father-offspring duos--gorillas, birds, prairie dogs, foxes, zebras, horses, and finally, a human dad and child. The illustrator adeptly plays with light, adding depth and interest to the illustrations.

Young animal lovers will appreciate "The Very Best Daddy of All" and they can sign and give to their own best daddy the greeting card enclosed in the book.

The illustrations are beautiful and the story is heartwarming. I love the book and my sons got it for my husband, who thought the book was a very nice gift! I recommend this story as a gift to all the great dads out there!

The Very Best Daddy of All
The Very Best Daddy of All is a children's book about thirteen different animal daddies, and one human daddy. Each two-page spread shows a different animal daddy and single child, along with a description of what each daddy does for his children. Fish daddies build houses, wolf daddies comfort crying pups, and fox daddies take care of mamas so they can care for kits.

Admirably, all of the animals in this book are factual examples of good animal fathers and include lesser-known instances such as playful prairie dog fathers and fearless frog fathers. The soft illustrations have a sleepytime fell to them, and make this a good bedtime book. The Very Best Daddy ends with a human daddy and his son, since no one but a child's own daddy is the very best of all.

I bought this book for my husband for his birthday to read with our son. It is boring and not endearing. There are many more books about daddy's that little ones will get hooked on. I really like "Just Like Daddy" that I also got on this site.