
Amazing Dad
Amazing Dad
Alison Brown
Farshore, 2023
32pp., hbk., RRP $A 19.99
9780008555474
Dads can be busy, whizzy, caring, sharing . . . and so much more. But there’s just ONE dad who gives the best hugs of all. Can you guess who it is?
This is a companion to Amazing Mum and like that, it features all sorts of anthropomorphic dads doing all sorts of things with their little ones with rhyming captions that really encourage young readers to examine the pictures so they can predict the text. Often these sorts of books focus on actual activities that kids and dads can do together but this one is more diverse and includes acknowledgement of dads who have taken on others’ children, dads who live apart and may only be weekend dads, and even dads who can only live on in the child’s heart. So there is something for almost every child to relate to and to share about their own dad.
As well as being a tribute to dads and helping the young reader focus on all the things their dad does, it encourages the development of a lot of essential foundation literacy skills not the least of which is that print is fun.