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Daddies Do It Different
Daddy sure doesn't do things the way Mommy does Just in time for Father's Day, this hilarious picture book takes a high-spirited look at the way dads put their own spin on different parts of a child's life--from going to a birthday party to bathtime. Alan Sitomer's debut picture book is inspired by his own experiences as a father and winningly complemented with delightful...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
April 17th 2012
by Disney-Hyperion
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This picture book highlights all the ways that daddies are different from mommies. Written from a little girl’s perspective, she describes a series of everyday activities that parents do with kids, such as making breakfast, grocery shopping, giving a bath, etc. In each scenario, the mom has a comforting, calm, and proper way of doing things, and the dad does the same task in a silly, messy, funny way. The watercolor and pen and ink illustrations in this book are funny and colorful. Little detail...more
Drawing on his own experiences as a father, the author relates the different approaches to parenting shared by a father and a mother. While breakfast with Mom seems polite and serious, breakfasts with Daddy are riotous with syrup dripping onto the family dog and waffles used to build forts. As other reviewers have mentioned, Mom seems to be the serious one here, and Daddy gets to have all the fun and make all the mess. After seeing the water-soaked bathroom depicted when Daddy is in charge of ba...more
I have to be fair here. I like the book. It's funny. It's got Alan's touches all over it. And you kind of have to know Alan to see where this picture book is coming from as a package.
I can't bump it up another star while thinking about Kristie working a Baylor program at the hospital (36 hour weekends on the night shift) when Maddie was super small and Noah had only just turned two. I couldn't do it different. I had to do it right.
And I can't bump it up another star without reflecting on what it...more
I can't bump it up another star while thinking about Kristie working a Baylor program at the hospital (36 hour weekends on the night shift) when Maddie was super small and Noah had only just turned two. I couldn't do it different. I had to do it right.
And I can't bump it up another star without reflecting on what it...more
From the moment you lay eyes on the cover, you can sense the fun that’s in store. Here is a tale that doesn’t dispel a Mother’s or Father’s parenting style as wrong or obsolete but rather embraces the differences in both. While each has their own way of doing things from getting ready in the morning to birthday party etiquette, they share a common bond….love. All the actions taken no matter how fun or funny are out of the goodness of their hearts and though the approaches may be polar opposites,...more
Daddies do it Different is a fun, delightful story about the things Moms and Dads do different. Told through the eyes of a young girl, this story got plenty of laughs from my kids and I as we read about some of the things this little girl's parent's do. From the way breakfast is prepared, to bath time, play time and bed time, I liked how Alan was able to show the differences in the way parents do things, and how this story illustrated those differences. I loved that this story embraced the diffe...more
I need to think about this one. The story tells how mothers and fathers do tasks around the home including caring for a child. However, the mother is always seen as the serious, responsible one. Why should the moms always be the "responsible ones"?
I am concerned some with the message this is communicating.
I am concerned some with the message this is communicating.
I enjoyed much of the silliness in this book, but there were several pages where I was irked by the stereotypical behavior of the dad, and that was enough to make me avoid rereading it to my kids.
Delightful and fun and yes, daddies do parenting differently than mommies and how great to see this in a picture book. It celebrates the unique gifts/experiences that each parent gives a child.
Cute but stereotypical. Popular belief that mom's way is the straight way and dad's is curvy is a little over done. Still, if your family IS stereotypical, you'll love this book.
It's fun, but I don't know how I feel about the message. Essentially it says: moms do everything just so and dads have all the fun and don't parent their kids. Meh.
A cute story about the difference betweem mommy's way and daddy's way. It turns out I may be a daddy.
Super cute fun book to read about how Mommies and Daddies do things differently. Drawings are darling too.
A cute little ode to daddies everywhere. Would make a nice gift for a new dad, especially of a daughter.
My husbands favorite story so far he has read to our daughter... (:
That they do! Tons of fun.
Nov 25, 2012
Randy Miller
marked it as to-read
Nov 13, 2012
Pam Bauchan
marked it as to-read
Nov 12, 2012
April
marked it as to-read
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