He's Your Daddy: A Rhyming Baby Animal Book Perfect for Bedtime

by Charline Profiri, Andrea Gabriel (Illustrator)

He's Your Daddy is the perfect baby animals book for kids and the ideal fathers day book for toddlers! Learning becomes fun with this book about animals and their babies. He's Your Daddy details the different names given to certain animals and their young. Amazing artwork and interesting backmatter with more information on these animals will have readers gaining a deep appreciation for the world around us. "If you were an animal―wild or tame, would you know your daddy's name?" Every page answers this question with a different animal. Meet a joey riding piggy-back whose daddy is a sugar glider, a calf whose daddy is a towering giraffe, and a tiny fry floating next to its seahorse daddy. Children will be delightfully surprised by the animal in the middle of the book, and dads will especially appreciate the scene on the last page. Rhyming verses describe animal characteristics, and watercolor illustrations capture the feeling of all the different habitats, making every page a teachable moment. Additional animal information and matching game in the back of the book extends the learning. Parents, teachers, gift givers, and many others will

Genres: Animals

32 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2018

About the author

Charline Profiri is the author of Counting Little Geckos, an adorable board book for ages 0-6 (In its 3rd printing!). She began her publishing career in 2000. Her writing has appeared in Highlights for Children, My Friend, Pockets, The Institute of Childrens Literature Rx for Writers, BOOST for Writers, Childrens Book Council Magazine: Perspectives, The Journey and The Write Word.

A former elementary teacher, Charline enjoys keeping in touch with young people through school visits. She is a member of SCBWI, ARA and SSA. To learn more about Charline, visit her website www.cprofiri.com.

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Reviews

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Urban popular culture often bandies about the phrase "Who's your daddy?", making this book especially apt since the title promises to introduce youngsters to the fathers of various animals. And then it does just that, starting with a sugar glider and concluding with more familiar species--cats and humans. I particularly liked how the author chose to provide the names for the baby animals as well as those for the adult ones. The text is engaging, and the illustrations are visually attractive, insuring the readers will want to take a look at this one multiple times. To caregivers' and teachers' delight, there are activities provided to extend readers' involvement with the text, including a matching game and additional information about each animal. There are also science and math connections included as well. I can only imagine how much fun youngsters will have as they read this book with a caregiver and ask questions about the animals. Just as in the human world, fathers come in many shapes and sizes. A snippet about what various species of daddies do is included.

[Sue Poduska · Rating 4 out of 5]

With entertaining rhyme and beautiful and detailed illustrations, the reader learns a lot about the names of baby animals and what their fathers are called.

[Maggie Mattmiller · Rating 1 out of 5]

One star because of the parental care note in the back. Maybe the "traditional nuclear family" has changed, but it's not just a dad thing.