Side by Side
A Celebration of Dads from two-time Caldecott Medal Winner
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A heartfelt and playful ode to the father-child relationship, by two-time Caldecott-medal-winning author Chris Raschka King and Jester, Boat and Captain, Mountain and Climber... fathers and children are all of these things and more in Chris Raschka's tribute to this familial pair. Each stanza presents three scenarios in which the father and child's roles are subtly balanced. The pairs vary between stanzas, coming together in a visit to an ice-cream truck. With minimal text and maximum emotion, the book encapsulates Raschka's own passion and nostalgia for being a father to his [now-grown] son. Ages 3-5
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Dads and their kids. Flying kites. Fishing. Playing checkers. Napping. Swinging. Doing things together. Side by side.
It's a book that is full of action, full of joy, full of delight, with bold pictures of an endless variety of dads and their children spending time together. It's the ideal gift book, but it's also a story that should be celebrated, the stories of the wonders of kids and their dads.
I can't recommend this book enough.
