Dad By My Side

by Soosh

Kocaman resmedilmiş bir baba ve onun yanında minicik bir kız… Babam Yanımdayken’de bu baba-kızın hayatlarından sıcacık kesitler sunuluyor. Birlikte yemek hazırlamak, kitap okumak, sarılıp uyumak gibi en özel anlar, öykü boyunca suluboya çizimlerle resmediliyor. Babaların çocuklarının hayatlarında oynadıkları birçok farklı rol, bu sahnelerde yalın ve dokunaklı bir üslupla anlatılıyor.



Babam Yanımdayken, yaptığı baba-kız çizimleriyle kısa sürede üne kavuşan, sosyal medya fenomeni Soosh'un ilk kitabı. Babalar ve çocukları arasındaki o sıcacık ilişki, bu kitapta Soosh'un bakmaya doyamayacağınız çizimleri eşliğinde anlatılıyor.

Genres: Picture Books, Family, Childrens, Love, Fiction, Parenting, Friendship

40 pages, Hardcover

Published May 8, 2018

About the author

Soosh (Снежана Суш) is a self-taught, self-employed illustrator from Europe. Who has become known to the world after her watercolor series of illustrations showing heartwarming relationships between father and daughter went viral in the beginning of 2016. In 2017 she has signed a contract with Little Brown Books for Young Readers to publish her debut book “Dad by my side” which is due in May, 2018, worldwide. The book will come out in many languages: English, Chinese-simplified, German, Italian, Korean, Russian. It will also be available in Australia, France, Brazil...

Soosh is a very productive artist, almost daily posting new illustrations to her Instagram account @vskafandre

She often uses watercolor and colored pencils which gives her works a soft, warm touch; with quiet, earthy palette her drawings invite you to concentrate on what is behind the image and look into the core of day-to-day little miracles life is so generous for. Children and parenthood is a huge inspiration and the main theme of her illustrations. Soosh is quite attentive to details and through her drawings is able to make you look at daily routines with new eyes.

Reviews

[sAmAnE · Rating 5 out of 5]

کتابی که باید همه‌ی پدرها بخوانند...

[Dream.M · Rating 5 out of 5]

به قول زهرا، البته ک باباها این شکلی نیستن، منم اگ بابا میبودم نمیتونستم این شکلی باشم

این وقت شب کتاب هدیه گرفتن هم خیلی میچسبه ها :)

[Mathew · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautiful series of vignettes showing a touching and sensitive bond between a daughter and her father, Dad By My Side has an interesting story to share in its conception. Posting images on Instagram of a large mountain of a man with his little daughter in roles more often associated with the a mother, perhaps, Soosh's illustrations drew a lot of attention and, a year later, were given words and a structure and placed into a picturebook.
Created 'during a difficult period' in her life, Soosh was looking for someone to protect her: a hero who could support her during a trying time. Turning pencil to paper, she created an Atlas of a man who loves his daughter 'unconditionally and forever'. The debut then, created with watercolours on eggshell-textured paper, shows a father who is round, hairy, huge in physique and yet utterly trusting, warm and caring. A bear of man with the tenderness that only a parent can give a child.
Scenes throughout show a father doing needlework, consoling his daughter when her pet dies, tying up his daughter's hair, measuring her height and teaching her chess. Backgrounds are minimal in order to help extenuate the father's great size and the daughter's face is often mostly concealed so that we can feel the comfort that she feels. I especially liked the roles that he played throughout but I had the nagging feeling that there had to be no mother present for him to be able to take on these roles. Nevertheless, it's a touching ode to parenthood and the strength and hope a parent can give to their child.

[Krissy · Rating 5 out of 5]

So cute! And I adored the illustrations :)

[Daina Chakma · Rating 5 out of 5]

এই গল্পটা এতো আদুরে!
ইলাস্ট্রেশনগুলো দেখলেই মন ভালো হয়ে যায়!

[Unidentified · Rating 3 out of 5]

کاش همه ی باباها اینطوری باشن...
همینطوری که دختربچه آخر داستان میگه: "وقتی بابا هست، دستم می رسد به ستاره ها..."

[Kimiya · Rating 4 out of 5]

«وقتی بابا هست، دستم می‌رسد به ستاره‌ها.»

[Rana Heshmati · Rating 5 out of 5]

عاشق نقاشی‌هاشم و با اينكه همشون رو ديده بودم،‌ اما باز هم لذت بردم.

[La Coccinelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is so, so sweet. If only every child could have a father like the one in this book.

There's really no plot here, just vignettes of precious moments between a father and his child. They're there for each other, they help each other, and they teach each other. It's the kind of relationship every child deserves, and the sort that every parent should aspire to.

The illustrations are truly beautiful.

What more is there to say? This is just a lovely little book.

[Mahdiye Fateh · Rating 5 out of 5]

آن کسی که هنوز برای ما کتاب میخرد، معصومه است. این کتاب هم هدیه او به زینبم.
اولین بار که تصویرگریهای سوش را دیدم یاد همسرم افتادم. آن روز هنوز رد پای دخترکی کوچک و ظریف در زندگی مادر و پدر تپلش نبود. حالا تمام تصویرهای کتاب، میتواند برایم مرور زندگی دخترک و بابای مهربانش باشد.

[معصومه توکلی · Rating 5 out of 5]

تصویر همه برادران تنومندم با دخترهای ظریفشان!
خاطره محمد و بهار
فضل اللّه و فاطمه
محمدعلی و زینب
و مهدی و مریم...

[Ghazaal B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just finished reading this and my tears are falling out of my control.

[Mohammad reza khorasanizadeh · Rating 4 out of 5]

یک کتاب کودک پدر فرزندی:)
مختصر و مفید با تصویرگری بسیار جذاب و ماجراهای کوتاه بامزه

[SilverNediya · Rating 5 out of 5]

به‌غایت دوست‌داشتنی و چسسسسبنااااک

[Fatemehshahvari · Rating 5 out of 5]

خدا حفظ کنه همه باباها رو و خدا رحمت کنه اونایی که از دنیا رفتن...

27آذر تولد بابامه میخوام این کتاب رو براش بگیرم😭😍💞

[Anna Baboura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Για όλους αυτούς τους μπαμπάδες που έχουν ενεργό και ουσιαστικό ρόλο στη ζωή των παιδιών τους.

[Nercs · Rating 4 out of 5]

به مناسبت روز جهانی کتاب کودک و نوجوان.

[Phoebe Ledster · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this book because it was full of love and comfort and you can easily tell this by the illustrations which depict the loving relationship between the two characters- a daughter and her father. The physical contrast between the two characters along with the narrative brings a sense of safety and security which they share. There is an obvious question which runs throughout this story, which is "Where is mum?". However, the story is so much more than that question and focuses on the fun relationship between the two characters and how they are there for one another! It is nice to see a story about a father and daughter without it explicitly focusing on the fact that there isn't a maternal figure. It is a celebration of a father and daughter relationship and the bond that goes with it.

[Nick Swarbrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Heartwarming, yes, of course, with some clever insights- Dad on the edge of the bed while small daughter takes up the rest; the implicit eye contact when they break eggshell into their omelets - but deeper than this, the unspoken story of the absent mother. Her invisibility at once challenges the reader with “Why doesn’t Mum make the dresses?” and then makes us think where Mum might be, and then about roles for fathers, burying a pet turtle, teaching chess, playing (unsuccessfully) with a hoolah hoop: this is a brilliant depiction of a father in all the variety of roles, a massive man with a big beard (and a hairy back - not sure I’ve seen that before in a children’s book) who cuddles, is comforting and comforted and whose help allows the girl-narrator to reach the stars.

[میم صالحی فر · Rating 5 out of 5]

در جایگاه یک دختر، هنوزم معتقدم وقتی بابا هست از پس هرکاری بر میام....
به نظرم هر پدر و دخترکی باید یک جلد از این کتاب رو داشته باشند و برای هم بخوانند و از لحظه لحظه بودن در کنار هم حظ ببرند.


https://taaghche.com/book/90231

[Eloise Battey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book shows a dad taking on all roles in their child's life, perhaps ones in which a mother is usually depicted. Whilst subtly challenging stereotypes it also offers a simple heart warming story.

[Mohanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

چرا اینقدر کتاب‌های کودک‌ می‌تونن غم‌انگیز باشن؟ احتمالا چون دنیای کودکی خیلی خالص و زیباست و یه حسرت همیشگی با خوندن اینطور کتاب‌ها به آدم دست می‌ده. حسرت کودکی از دست رفته. نگاه ساده به چیزها
واقعا کاش باباها اینطور باشن. تمام خصیصه‌های یک پدر خوب و انسان امن رو می‌شه تو این کتاب دید. اینطوری که حالا اگر پوست تخم مرغ هم افتاد توی املتمان هیچ اشکالی ندارد.

[Aliza Werner · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sweet relationship between a father and his daughter.

[Ana Gutierrez · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the beautiful and simple drawings in this book. The brief but meaningful sentences for each are lovely as well.

[Y_falahati · Rating 5 out of 5]

منو ببین، بذار کنارت باشم، روم حساب کن، من دوستت دارم، دوستم داشته باش...

[Maryam Zarei · Rating 4 out of 5]

تصویرسازی فوق‌العاده جذابی داره و جملات کوتاه و ساده‌ای که احتمالا کلی حس خوب به بچه‌ها منتقل می‌کنه.
مدل کتاب تماما پدر دختریه.
درسته که کتاب بر محوریت پدره، ولی من انتظار نداشتم هیچ جایی از کتاب چیزی از مامان نباشه، یه بخش زیادی از حس خوبی که بچه از پدر می‌گیره برمی‌گرده به روابط خوب بین والدین و حس محبت و امنیتی که به کودک منتقل میشه، میشد که ولو در حد یه جمله، خوب بودن بابا رو در بستر خانواده نشون بده.

[Hanieh Sadat Shobeiri · Rating 5 out of 5]

رابطه‌ی پدر و دختر، چیزیه که توی فرهنگ ما معمولاً بهش توجه نمی‌شه و می‌شه گفت آندرریتده!
برای دختران قشر مذهبی جامعه بدتر هم هست؛ چون بیشترشون یا رابطه‌ای سطحی با پدرانشون دارند یا اصلأ رابطه‌ای ندارند. دلیلش هم اینه که معمولاً این تفکر بینشون هست که درسته پدرِ آدم نامحرم نیست، اما مَرده و تو نمی‌تونی بغلش کنی یا در کل زیاد بهش نزدیک بشی. یادمون رفته که محبت درونی، از همین اتفاقات لمسی کوچیک شروع می‌شه...
امیدوارم نسل جدید پدرها، ارتباط سالم و عمیق رو با دخترانشون یاد بگیرند.

[Amin · Rating 5 out of 5]

روایت پدر دختری
خیلی زیبا و قشنگ بود 😀

«دوتایی عاشق این هستیم که کارهای تازه بکنیم.
حالا اگر هم پوست تخم‌مرغ افتاد توی املتمان، هیچ اشکالی ندارد» :)

[Zahra Labbafan · Rating 4 out of 5]

یک سری از نقاشی‌های این کتاب در دنیای مجازی بسیار دست به دست و دیده شده
من خودم نمیدونستم برای کتاب هست
کتابی ساده با نقاشی‌های جذاب که جملات ساده کتاب رو پر معنا میکنه

[Natalie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Για αυτή τη μοναδική σχέση μπαμπά και κόρης!! 😊💕