I Want My Dad!

My Little Princess

by Tony Ross

The Little Princess is jealous of her friends―they all have dads who can do amazing things. The Cook bakes incredible cakes; the King always burns his. The Gardener takes his daughter on adventure-walks through the forest; the King gets lost on his way to bed. The Maid can teach the Little Princess to bake and she can take her for a walk, but will it be the same without her dad?

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction, Juvenile, Princesses, Humor, Family

32 pages, Hardcover

Published May 1, 2018

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

Tony Ross is a British illustrator and author of children's picture books. He was a student at the Liverpool School of Art and Design. Ross has had quite a few occupations, such as cartoonist, graphic designer, art director at an advertising agency, senior lecturer in art and head of the illustration course at Manchester Polytechnic.
Ross won the 1986 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, picture books category, for Ich komm dich holen!, (I'm coming to get you! - Andersen, 1984. He was runner-up for the 1990 Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject, for Dr. Xargle's book of Earth Tiggers.

Meet the illustrator
What is your favourite animal?
A cat
What is your favourite boy’s name?
Bill
What is your favourite girl’s name?
Roxanne
What is your favourite food?
Lobster
What is your favourite music?
Irish
What is your favourite hobby?
Sailing

Reviews

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this book that captures the feelings of many youngsters, the Little Princess loves her father, but he seems to come up short in a lot of ways when compared to other fathers. After the Maid takes the Little Princess under wing and teaches her all the things she's dying to try, even hiking through the woods, she comes to realize that she's just like her father, not great at some of the same things he does poorly. Her father reassures her and expresses his pride at her taking all these risks and trying new things, no matter how they turned out. The last illustration in this book published first in Great Britain shows the two in a big hug and a beaming face on the princess who, as it turns out, is perfectly satisfied with the father she has. This picture book provides a good example of how risk taking can be a good thing, but it is also silly to compare one person to another. After all, we all have different strengths and abilities, but maybe the best thing is when we try something at which we aren't so great and feel proud just because of our efforts.

[Cindy Mitchell *Kiss the Book* · Rating 5 out of 5]

I Want My Dad! by Tony Ross. Illustrated by Tony Ross. PICTURE BOOK. Andersen Press USA, 2018. $18. 9781541514539.


BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3) - ESSENTIAL

AUDIENCE: HIGH

I Want My Dad! is about a little princess who wishes her dad was more like other dads. She wished that he could swim, bake, and many other things, the way other dads did. She then discovered that she did not enjoy those things either, and that her dad is exactly who she needs, exactly how he is.

I Want My Dad! has simple text and colorful artistry. It teaches excellent values, such as not comparing people. It teaches children that it is important to try new things, but it isn’t necessarily important to be excellent at everything you try the first time. It has a wide range of appeal, in that parents can read it to very young children, and then they can begin reading and enjoying it themselves as they grow.

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[Juliana Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

The princess is ashamed of her father who is smaller than all the other men in the kingdom, and he can't seem to do anything. The cook baked his son beautiful cakes and the general taught his son how to ride a horse and the admiral taught his daughter how to swim etc. Her father, the king couldn't bake or ride or swim. So the maid tried to teach the princess how to do all those things but she just couldn't do them well. She was just like her father... useless. BUT her dad was proud of her anyway!

[Rose Rosetree · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a story about a little girl's love . . . and jealousy.

Also, because it's a picture book with words and illustrations by Tony Ross, this is a GREAT read.

HERE'S A SAMPLE

"The General [another child's father] taught his son to ride a pony.

But whenever her dad went near animals (even her mouse) they made him sneeze.

RATING THIS BOOK

The least I can do is to give this a FIVE STAR salute!

It's a brilliant story about a little girl's love . . . and jealousy . . . and humanity.

[Ella · Rating 2 out of 5]

The little princess feels sad because her dad doesn’t teach her things that other dads do. The maid says she will teach her but she doesn’t enjoy any of the activities she wanted to learn. I assumed her dad was going to teach her something new at the end however he doesn’t and just says he is proud of her which seems a strange ending and doesn’t have much of a message. Could be used as a read aloud book for EYFS or year 1.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

The little princess wants her dad to teach her things just like all the other dad's int he castle teach their kids things. What can he teach her? Very father centric and in keeping with the spirit of the series. preschool and up

[Anthony · Rating 4 out of 5]

Valuable lessons and appreciation of family are learned when the Little Princess compares her dad to the other dads in the kingdom when she lets her jealousy get in the way.

[Poppy Thorpe · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice addition to our Little Princess collection. It explores human feelings of jealousy and inadequacy, but ends with the Little Princess being loved just as she is.

[Feline · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ik (3) vind de Kleine Prinses-boeken best leuk, maar papa vermoedt dat dat meer komt door de tekenfilms op Netflix dan door de verhaaltjes zelf.