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Your Daddy Was Just Like You
It's pretty hard to believe, but according to this little boy's grandma, his daddy was just like him once. Most of the time he was a sweet boy, but sometimes he raised a ruckus. He liked playing race car and superhero, and got mad when he lost a game, and never wanted to take a bath. And once upon a time, he--Daddy!--was even sent to time-out.
Kids love to hear stories about their parents as children and this funny and loving ode to little boys and the dads they grow up to become is guaranteed to delight three generations at once.
Kids love to hear stories about their parents as children and this funny and loving ode to little boys and the dads they grow up to become is guaranteed to delight three generations at once.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published March 18, 2010
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About the author
Kelly Bennett
25 books39 followersI write books for children celebrating imagination, families, friends, pets…all that goes into being a kid! What books? Baseball books for fans of all ages, including: OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABE & THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT, picture books including. NORMAN ONE AMAZING GOLDFISH & NOT NORMAN, featuring our finny fish friend, Norman T Goldfish, illustrated by Noah Z Jones (Candlewick Press); VAMPIRE BABY about a biting baby sister/vampire; DAD AND POP: Ode to Fathers & Stepfathers, illustrated by Paul Meisel; ONE DAY I WENT RAMBLING & DANCE, Y’ALL, DANCE illustrated by Terri Murphy; YOUR DADDY WAS JUST LIKE YOU & YOUR MOMMY WAS JUST LIKE YOU illustrated by David Walker; and POETRY LAB, 7-Minute Poetry Prompts you can find—and try!—on my blog, Kelly’s Fishbowl: https://www.kellybennett.com/fishbowl....
What’s more: I’m a graduate of VCFA’s Writing for Children and Young Adults program, and long-standing member of SCBWI (former ARA for SCBWI-Houston) & The Author’s Guild. I live, garden, bike, cook, create from my base in Westhampton Beach, NY & Mimiville (which is anywhere my grandboys may be).
For more about Kelly and her books, visit her website: www.kellybennett.com
And for a swimmingly good time, wade through her blog: http://kellybennett.com/blog/
In case you're wondering, I use the 'It's the City' Book Review "Rating System" here's the link: http://citybookreview.com/our-rating-...
1 Star – Probably only going to be read and enjoyed by the author’s mother.
2 Stars – This book was a waste of time for the general reader
3 Stars – While not a bad book, probably wouldn’t read it again/recommend it to a friend.
4 Stars – Enjoyed it, will recommend it to friends.
5 Stars – An excellent example of the genre. Will be giving it out as gifts.
...Bottom line: A three isn’t a recommendation. It’s a “You’ll like this sort of thing if you like this sort of thing” kind of review.
What’s more: I’m a graduate of VCFA’s Writing for Children and Young Adults program, and long-standing member of SCBWI (former ARA for SCBWI-Houston) & The Author’s Guild. I live, garden, bike, cook, create from my base in Westhampton Beach, NY & Mimiville (which is anywhere my grandboys may be).
For more about Kelly and her books, visit her website: www.kellybennett.com
And for a swimmingly good time, wade through her blog: http://kellybennett.com/blog/
In case you're wondering, I use the 'It's the City' Book Review "Rating System" here's the link: http://citybookreview.com/our-rating-...
1 Star – Probably only going to be read and enjoyed by the author’s mother.
2 Stars – This book was a waste of time for the general reader
3 Stars – While not a bad book, probably wouldn’t read it again/recommend it to a friend.
4 Stars – Enjoyed it, will recommend it to friends.
5 Stars – An excellent example of the genre. Will be giving it out as gifts.
...Bottom line: A three isn’t a recommendation. It’s a “You’ll like this sort of thing if you like this sort of thing” kind of review.
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February 3, 2021
This picture book has a sweet concept, but the execution is deeply lacking. The author makes the examples so specific that they won't be true of many fathers or sons, and this is mainly just an exercise in her personal sentimentality, rather than something that other families, much less young children, will connect to.
November 8, 2022
This book was very interesting And Quite awesome I don't know what to say but I Rate this Book 5 stars and I love This book So much It was Cool And Really Thank you Kelly Bennett And David walker for writing This book And it Was really awesome Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you for writing this book Kelly Bennett David Walker
June 13, 2019
Every child wants to know what their parents were like as children. This heart-warming story does just that.
Colorful illustrations and active descriptions are tailor made for a story time that is meaningful and reminiscent of a father's childhood.
Colorful illustrations and active descriptions are tailor made for a story time that is meaningful and reminiscent of a father's childhood.
March 28, 2023
A grandmother tells her little grandson about how his daddy was just like him when he was a child. Great illustrations.
October 13, 2010
I liked the idea of this book when I saw it in the library. The story is of a grandmother telling her grandson how much his Daddy used to be like him, once a tiny baby.
It was the right reading level to be enjoyed by my son, so I checked it out.
Fortunately, I didn't have time to read it to him that day, and later that night I opened the book to read to my husband, thinking it would be a fun, warm humorous read. Not so.
I will not read this book to my son, and am glad I read it first without him. I found the details listed to be too specific, making it a lot more difficult for boys other than the auther's son to relate.
It had details that I'm fairly sure my husband never experienced. It had other details that I hope our son never experiences. I wish the author had stuck to things in common with all babies/boys - small newborn, learned to crawl, learned to walk, got skinned knees, etc. Unfortunately, the specifics added only detracted from the story.
If you have an Attachment Parenting type of family, or are an Alfie Kohn fan, I doubt you will enjoy this book. (For example, when the boy "fussed" he was sent to sit in a corner in his time-out chair)
It was the right reading level to be enjoyed by my son, so I checked it out.
Fortunately, I didn't have time to read it to him that day, and later that night I opened the book to read to my husband, thinking it would be a fun, warm humorous read. Not so.
I will not read this book to my son, and am glad I read it first without him. I found the details listed to be too specific, making it a lot more difficult for boys other than the auther's son to relate.
It had details that I'm fairly sure my husband never experienced. It had other details that I hope our son never experiences. I wish the author had stuck to things in common with all babies/boys - small newborn, learned to crawl, learned to walk, got skinned knees, etc. Unfortunately, the specifics added only detracted from the story.
If you have an Attachment Parenting type of family, or are an Alfie Kohn fan, I doubt you will enjoy this book. (For example, when the boy "fussed" he was sent to sit in a corner in his time-out chair)
May 30, 2013
A sweet book of a grandma telling her grandchild all about the similarities between himself and his father.
I think the only thing I can really say is that this book is for the parent of a child rather than the child. The entire book was an exercise in sentimentality and was not relevant or relatable to my son. The only page that really perked his interest was the page where the little boy was in time-out, and then it was probably only the illustration (as I doubt he was listening otherwise).
Leave it to my son to recognize a time-out, although he's had enough of them himself I should not be one bit surprised.
I thought it was just fine, my son was decidedly bored.
I think the only thing I can really say is that this book is for the parent of a child rather than the child. The entire book was an exercise in sentimentality and was not relevant or relatable to my son. The only page that really perked his interest was the page where the little boy was in time-out, and then it was probably only the illustration (as I doubt he was listening otherwise).
Leave it to my son to recognize a time-out, although he's had enough of them himself I should not be one bit surprised.
I thought it was just fine, my son was decidedly bored.
June 17, 2014
K picked this book up from our public library.
I felt as though K could have really related to this book more than the other book Your Mommy was just like you. As the things in this book that the daddy use to do, is more boyish I would say.
Now I had the same problem in this book as I did the other one. For K it was confusing as it is told from the grandfather's point of view of what his son did when he was little.
I think this is a great read to read to the kids. I would think fathers would have a great time reading this to their sons.
I felt as though K could have really related to this book more than the other book Your Mommy was just like you. As the things in this book that the daddy use to do, is more boyish I would say.
Now I had the same problem in this book as I did the other one. For K it was confusing as it is told from the grandfather's point of view of what his son did when he was little.
I think this is a great read to read to the kids. I would think fathers would have a great time reading this to their sons.
July 13, 2013
Your Daddy Was Just Like You by Kelly Bennett
I bought this book after reading the accompanying 'mommy' book. There are so many memories of things the grown ups did as infant and children.
I especially loved how he turns himself into a race car driver as I know when my grandson sees this he will turn one of the big boxes they have
into his own race car. Good motivation to keep practicing at school with numbers and letters.
I bought this book after reading the accompanying 'mommy' book. There are so many memories of things the grown ups did as infant and children.
I especially loved how he turns himself into a race car driver as I know when my grandson sees this he will turn one of the big boxes they have
into his own race car. Good motivation to keep practicing at school with numbers and letters.
February 9, 2011
No matter what the generation or era, children crave knowledge of their parents as children. In this heartwarming picture book, a grandmother tells her grandson what his father was like at his age. Her love for both the father (her son) and his son (her grandson) is clear in words and illustrations,and the warmth they all share is palpable.
February 12, 2011
All little boys wonder if their daddys did things when they were little that they do now. This story is told by a grandmother telling her grandson that his dad used to do all the things that he does now, too! I read this to our youngest son and then I saw my husband reading it to both our boys and it brought a tear to my eye. It was just a really sweet moment shared between father/son/book.
July 9, 2012
Cute story line on how the Daddy is just like his son. My daughter giggles through this book every time we read it as she realizes we were just like her when we were little. We did silly things, we had time outs, we were nervous about the dark and loved to get messy. The illustrations are really cute too.
February 24, 2012
Great little book for little boys in your class. They will love to hear that their daddy did the same things they do now. The book uses a wide selection of verbs and adjectives to describe things his daddy did just like him.
June 17, 2010
I want to buy this and have my mother-in-law give it to my boys.
July 20, 2010
fathers, growing up, grandma
August 10, 2010
Very nice story about growing up and being just like your daddy. Cooper thinks it is very hilarious that his daddy used to be a baby.
March 25, 2012
I liked the activities depicted, the ups and downs of a child and generations growing up. However, for athiests, the one line "And I said a prayer of thanks that he was mine might be off-putting.
June 11, 2012
this is the sort of book that reassures youngsters that they are not alone, other people have experienced similar life issues and life lessons. Cute illustrations.
July 14, 2016
Um... nope.
I get what the author was trying to do with this book, but, being so specific, it kind of fails. Also, being so specific, it is pretty limiting and exclusive.
I get what the author was trying to do with this book, but, being so specific, it kind of fails. Also, being so specific, it is pretty limiting and exclusive.
February 2, 2017
A sweet and funny story told from a grandmother's perspective about the similarities between her son and grandchild.
August 13, 2011
Assumption: the reader is the boy's paternal grandmother.
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