My Dad!

by Beth Shoshan, Jacqueline East

Tall tales trip off Dad's tongue as he gets carried away with his own imagination. But Dad always knows when to stop with stories and tell the truth.
A warm and comforting story from Jacqueline East, the illustrator of Cuddle! and That's When I'm Happy.

Genres: Love

24 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2008

About the author

Beth Shoshan was born in Brighton. She never seemed destined to be 
a children's writer, after all she 
had failed English Composition.
 But everything changed when she
 was challenged by Meadowside 
to write the most inappropriate
 children's book imaginable - it
 should contain sweets, explosions 
and arcane English words. She 
did, and Smidge became an instant 
best-seller. Now with over 30 titles 
to her name, Beth has become one
 of the most successful children's
 authors of the past few years.

- excerpted from Meadowside Children's Books

Reviews

[Duane Alexander Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked this book up at the Edinburgh Book Fair because I always invent stories for my kids, and with a new toddler in the house our other board books were wearing down.

I love that there is a book about dads, first of all. So much of Western society has become hyper-aware of the fact that a lot of kids are growing up without their fathers, and I guess to make them feel better, television and Hollywood have done a good job editing out fatherhood altogether. When dads do appear they are almost always stupid, like Homer Simpson or the Family Guy.

So this book, which is beautifully illustrated, is very welcome. My daughter (20 months) and I read it twice this morning alone.