Daddy All Day Long

by Francesca Rusackas, Priscilla Burris (Illustrator)

When Owen and Daddy have a whole day to spend together, Owen tries to tell his daddy how much he loves him. Owen loves Daddy more than chocolate milk...more than seven scoops of ooey-gooey chocolate caramel ice cream...more than one million zillion kisses! But at the end of the day, Owen knows that Daddy loves him just as much -- and all day long. Francesca Rusackas and Priscilla Burris are the talented author and artist of i love you all day long, which features Owen and his mommy. Here is a new book about the enduring love between a father and his child.

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2004

Reviews

[Michael Lausche]

This is a great story about young pig named "Owen", and his daddy. The two have a great bond together and share each other's love by telling each other how much they love one another. Expressed by counting in numbers, the daddy pig and son go back and forth increasing the amount of love they have for each other. For example, Owen states, "Daddy, I love you more than chocolate milk!" By referring to chocolate milk, we can tell that he loves his daddy as he loves one item. The daddy pig responds, "Well, I love you more than TWO pancakes with bananas on top!" This indicates for the reader to realize that the daddy pig increased the love from one to two. Illustrations are provided as well with these examples, which were very well drawn to help visualize the happiness between he two, and show the representation of the love. This continues throughout the entire book, referring to other fun things to count with. I recommend this book for children ages Kindergarten-1st grade.

[Dave]

I liked "I Love You All Day Long", but I really didn't like this book. It really goes whole hog on perpetuating stereotypes of bumbling, irresponsible dads. Chocolate milk for breakfast (with the carton left out on the table, of course), the sink full of dishes, ridiculous amounts of unhealthy food, messes left at every opportunity, this book makes the dad seem like the "fun" parent, but incapable of doing anything else right.

My son loves it, but he's 3 and his opinion is not to be trusted.

[Erin]

Counting, love, daddies, and a Kermit stuffed animal along for the ride.

[Katie P]

A quick bedtime read with great illustrations.

If your kiddo likes this as much as mine, you’ll have it memorized in no time.

[Haley Potts]

The counting book I chose to read is Daddy All Day Long by Francesca Rusackas and illustrated by Priscilla Burris. The illustrations in this book were simple and seemed a little amateur but they sufficed for the story. The book involved a father pig and his son pig telling how much they love each other. The first page starts out with the father telling his son that he loves him more than chocolate milk. The son replies each time the father says this, with a number higher than he said. It continued this way to ten. It was a very simple book but it is good for a read aloud for early readers who are also learning to count. They can get to the point where they can say out loud with you how many of the next object the father or son will say. This book is rather young for elementary students—it is probably geared more towards three or four year olds. I do not believe it would have a place in my classroom as an elementary teacher, but it would be good for preschool teachers to use. They could ask the students what things they love their parents more than, and the students could be actively involved in the listening and learning process.

[Karen]

My five-year-old son picked this book out from the library today.

This book was a cute, sweet book along the lines of Guess How Much I Love You, and while I did not find the pigs quite as charming as I found the hares, this is still a cute, sweet book.

[Emo]

cute, but kind of like the nut brown hares who are challenging each other at how much they love each other. I like this better than the nut brown hares, it's much more light-hearted.

[Rachel]

This book was a cute, but too sickly sweet for my taste, book about how much a daddy and son love each other as they spend the day together. Recommended for ages 6 months - 5 years, 2 stars.

[Melissa Fliss]

Fantastic book!!!

[Russell]

Cute game of one-upmanship between a gluttonous father and son.