Today’s guest book review and Dads Reading Featured Post is from a good friend of Book Dads, Kevin Westerman. Kevin has a blog (Super Daddy) where he relates stories about being a stay at home dad and spending time with his two children.
In this guest book review and Dads Reading Featured Post, Kevin writes about one of his favorite books to read with his daughter, Daddy’s Girl by Garrison Keillor.
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Book Review
Daddy’s Girl by Garrison Keillor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illustrator)
Reviewed by: Kevin Westerman
About the Author:
Garrison Keillor is the author of thirteen books, including Lake Wobegon Summer 1956, Wobegon Boy, and Lake Wobegon Days. From 1999-2001, Keillor wrote a column “Dear Mr. Blue: Advice for Lovers and Writers” on Salon.com. Keillor’s popular Saturday-night public radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, is in its twenty-seventh season. He lives in St. Paul with his wife and daughter.
About the Illustrator:
Robin Priess Glazer is the number one New York Times bestselling illustrator of the Fancy Nancy series, written by Jane O’Connor; America: A Patriotic Primer, A is for Abigail, and Our Fifty States by Lynne Cheney and most recently Tea for Ruby by Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York. She lives in Southern California with her family.
About the book:
Beloved Prairie Home Companion radio star and bestselling author Garrison Keillor offers a touching picture book tribute to the strong bond between daddy and daughter. A reassuring bedtime story that the entire family will understand and appreciate.
My take on the book:
I got this book for my daughter when she was ten months old, she is now four years old and we still read Daddy’s Girl at least once a week.
The four stories are a narrative from the Dad’s perspective of the time he spends with his daughter. Each story tells a different part of their day together, from changing of the little girl’s diaper to her favorite food, a stroll through the city and dancing together and having fun.
The last story, “Won’t You Dance with Me?”, is the most heartfelt of the four stories. The father and daughter are at a wedding reception and they are dancing together. At the end of the story he says:
“Oh, baby, won’t you dance w