My Dad
 Anthony Browne
 (Reviewed by The Editor - Rebecca Brown)
 2000 Farrar Straus & Giroux
  ISBN: 0374351015


My dad is as strong as a gorilla & isn't afraid of anything. He's good at singing, dancing & playing soccer & he makes me laugh.

From the inside covers to toast popping out of the toaster to showing the Big Bad Wolf the door to walking a tightrope to wrestling giants. To eating like a horse & swimming like a fish, to being as big as a house & as soft of a teddy bear; to singing brilliantly & as wise as an owl -- everything matches Dad's plaid robe, blue striped pjs & red comfy slippers.

With a smile on every page -- this is a book for the ages about respecting & loving, admiring & encouraging the Dads of this world to unite & win over their children's hearts.

Lovely, lovely book & oh, so true!

In this warm & funny tribute to dads everywhere, Anthony Browne portrays paternal traits & heroics with only slight exaggeration. As we all know, a wonderful father can do anything.

Anthony Browne is an internationally acclaimed author & illustrator of more than 30 books, including: Gorilla; Voices in the Park & the series about Willy the chimp. He has twice been awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal & thrice the Kurt Maschler Award & he is the 2000 Hans Christian Andersen Medal winner. He lives in Kent, England with his wife & children.
(11/18/01)

Rebecca