Driving Daddy - Hardcover

Vestergaard, Hope

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525470328 ISBN 13: 9780525470328

Publisher: Dutton Juvenile, 2003

Synopsis

In Driving Daddy, Baby rides on Daddy's shoulders while Mommy provides the play-by-play. Way up high, Baby can see everything and steer Daddy to where he wants to go-the park, the swings . . . Wait, Daddy's got a secret plan. Something good's around the corner. . . . Hear that music? Ice-cream man!

About this title

About the Author:

Hope Vestergaard is the author of Driving Daddy; Wake Up, Mama!; and several other picture books. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

From Booklist:

Reviewed with Hope Vestergaard's Wake Up, Mama!

PreS-Gr. 1. These pint-size companion books will delight active toddlers. In Driving Daddy, a young boy rides to the park on his father's shoulders. Vestergaard uses driver-themed language to describe the journey, including occasional onomatopoeia ("Vroom, vroom!") and simple similes ("His hands hold you like a seat belt."). But Dad sprints right by the swings. The boy protests, but his objections subside when he realizes, "Daddy's got a secret plan. / Something good's around the corner. . . / Here that music? Ice-cream man!" A journey of another sort takes place in Wake up, Mama! Dad places his young son at the foot of sleeping Mom's bed. From there, the child climbs up "Mama Mountain," past her piggies, around her knees, over the hill that is her hip, and so on until, "Here's the top of Mama Mountain! Wake up, Mama! No more rest! Kiss her, hug her, make her giggle. Baby wake-ups are the best!" The playful rhyming language is short and sweet, just right for the young target audience, and Courtin's childlike illustrations are also on the mark, providing comforting scenes of tender family fun that youngsters will page through on their own. Lauren Peterson
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0525470328
• ISBN 13: 9780525470328
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 24
• Illustrator: Courtin Thierry