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I Wish Daddy Didn't Drink So Much (An Albert Whitman Prairie Book) Paperback – Picture Book, January 1, 1998

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A young girl shares her feelings and frustrations about her alcoholic father's behavior.

Reading age

3 - 9 years
Print length

32 pages
Language

English
Grade level

Preschool - 3
Dimensions

7.75 x 0.15 x 9.25 inches
Publisher

Albert Whitman & Company
Publication date

January 1, 1998
ISBN-10

0807535265
ISBN-13

978-0807535264
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"Vigna still reaches a younger audience in her brevity of text and emotional scope."

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A young girl shares her feelings and frustrations about her alcoholic father's behavior.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Albert Whitman & Company; Reprint edition (January 1, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0807535265
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0807535264
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 - 9 years
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 0.15 x 9.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,500,033 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #164 in Children's Books on Drugs & Substance Abuse
- #1,685 in Alcoholism Recovery
- #2,334 in Children's Fiction on Social Situations

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Holly

Excellent Resourse

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 28, 2015

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This book is an excellent resource for a difficult topic. It presented the family problem of alcoholism in a caring, non-judgemental way. It illustrates how the alcoholic's family, particularly the child, is impacted by his disease, in ways that others may not recognise. It also illustrates the need for outside support for the family. It was not scary and did not lay blame. It fostered a sense of empathy, not only for the family, but for the alcoholic as well. It was a good story, and may serve as a springboard for future discussions. To the author, on behalf of my daughter, thank you.

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Carol Watkins

Warm but no-nonsense look at alcohol in the family

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 1, 2001

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A girl and her mother deal with the father's drinking during Christmas. The father builds his daughter a beautiful handmade sled, but is then too drunk to keep his promise to go sledding with her. Mother and daughter take theri Christmas turkey to the home of an older woman who is a recovering alcoholic. This woman provides them with a safe haven of understanding and acceptance. She acknowleges the hurt, but encourages the child to find ways to be happy even while her father continues to drink.
The story could help the child of an alcoholic understand that it is not the child's fault.
At the back of the book is information and a phone number for Alanon.
Carol E. Watkins, M.D.

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FS Williams

Good book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 29, 2019

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Good book. Mind reading it to children. Not sure how to approach reading it to them. Maybe for a serious discussion about alcoholism.

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Amazon Customer

Oh the awkward laughs....

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 26, 2014

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The perfect gift for anyone in your life who likes making babies by day and drinking scotch by night. Got this for my buddies wife and newborn this past Christmas; I think she may hate me now.

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kraig

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 3, 2015

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Great Childrens book!

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Brian

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 28, 2014

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Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod, author of the Seven Day Manuscript Machine and Writing the Bible for Kids

This book is dangerous!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 12, 2002

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Happened across this book in the library, and I thought I'd put in a few words against it, since it's doubtless highly recommended among books to help kids "cope" with alcoholism in the family; that is, if your idea of teaching children to cope is training them to accept their fate, bury it in euphemism, and move on from one depressing day of abuse to another in the shadow of what this book seeks to excuse as a sickness.

The father in this book is typically horrendous, lying and near-abusing his daughter, yet the non-alcoholic mother insists on keeping her child in this situation, breaking down in tears rather than offering a beacon of safety in what must be the poor child's hopeless world.

True, this book is realistic. Yet I cannot imagine any parent or counsellor offering it to a child, since it doesn't offer any real advice besides
a) alcoholism is something to be ashamed of (the girl says she used to not have anyone she could talk to about her father, but now her mother has one friend she CAN confide in)
b) feel free to get out for an evening of fun before returning to the same bad situation.

Yuck, yuck and double-yuck. I'm all for building a body of fiction to help kids cope with issues, but this is a nasty addition to the bunch and could destroy more than a few already-fragile kids...

POSTSCRIPT, added June 16, 2010:
As adults, it's OUR job to protect kids. You wouldn't buy a book called "Pedophilia: my uncle has a disease and he can't help molesting me." Or would you?
If you're thinking of giving a child a book that encourages her to excuse a parent's inexcusable behaviour, please: skip the "understanding" literature and get the child out of the situation if you can.

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Jerome Albertson

Cheers! To a Book That Starts Out Bold and Finishes Smooth!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 19, 2011

I bought this book for my daughter after she caught me passed out in the garage during my court-ordered visitation time. (I was as surprised as she was: I still had half a bottle of Jack left when she kicked me awake!)

I figured this story might help since she always has so many questions. Daddy, why are there so many cans in the crawl space? Daddy, why do you walk so funny? Daddy, why do you keep yelling at the chair? Daddy, why do you drink a whole can every time Barney says "I Love You"? (I guess I need to get her a book on how drinking games work next.)

I gave it to her and she liked it since her usual gift from me is a bunch of Busch Light cans taped together in the form of a heart. I couldn't read it to her, because the words looked blurry after a half-case of Pabst, but she did just fine on her own. The words and pictures really told a good story.

When her mom came to pick her up, she just rolled her eyes and said to leave the book with me. Oh well, her loss is my gain. I came to find out this book also makes an excellent coaster for my beers!

I'd recommend this book to anybody whose kid has a dad who likes to enjoy a few dozen "cold ones" here and there. I say "crack open" the book and enjoy the smooth, crisp words of this story!

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Troublewithabigt

Perfect!!!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 30, 2018

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Another bathroom reader.

J

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 21, 2015

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Very clear and easy script to understand.

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