[close] "Let's play rough, Daddy!" says the little boy as he pounces on his father. Tossing and tickling and tumbling follow as the boy turns into a wild animal and Daddy becomes a growling bear. But when the bear gets too scary, the boy turns back into a boy, and he wants the bear to be a daddy again. But after a hug and some reassurance, the boy is ready to jump in again.

Lynne Jonell, who The Horn Book says, "goes straight to the heart of a child's experience," and award-winning artist Ted Rand are perfectly paired in this celebration of roughhousing and the sensitivity it can bring out in parents when it goes too far. [close]