Father's Day Blues: What Do You Do About Father's Day When All You Have Are Mothers?

by Irene Smalls, Kevin McGovern (Illustrator)

Cheryl Blues has to write an essay about Father's Day, but since she doesn't live with her father, she consults her grandmother, her aunt, and her mother about fathers.

Hardcover

First published March 1, 1995

About the author

Irene Jennie Smalls has been a model, an actress, a radio reporter, and a small business owner, but her favorite job is being a children's author. She lives in Boston Massachusetts.

Reviews

[J-Lynn Van Pelt · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a good reminder that not all children have fathers to celebrate on Father's Day. A little African American girl, Cheryl, is being raised by her mom, aunt, and granny, but her teacher asks her to write a composition titled, "My Daddy." She spends the book getting people's opinion about fathers and deciding whether she is missing something not having a dad in her life. At the ending of the book, Cheryl reads her essay about absent fathers.