My Dad, My Hero
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
A young child starts off this laugh-out-loud picture book by listing all the ways his dad is NOT a superhero: he can’t leap tall buildings, run faster than a speeding bullet, or shoot webs out of his wrists.
Each spread illustrates how Dad doesn’t have super powers but is still a hero at heart. The sweet ending depicts all the cool—if not super—activities Dad does do with the child, like throwing a baseball, playing checkers and going toy shopping.
Ethan Long’s spot-on artwork perfectly accompanies this super funny and super sweet story.
Praise for Ethan Long:
“A nicely illustrated tale that speaks volumes about the bond between a dad and his son...a great story that will be perfect as a gift for any dad or son.” —The New York Journal of Books
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
As a boy lists superpowers that his father lacks, this story's comedy plays out in pop art style panels that show the man bumbling his way through everyday activities. "He cannot leap tall buildings in a single bound," but instead trips over the block structure his son has built, sending it tumbling. Nor does he have the "super strength" to open a jar of pickles, which his wife does effortlessly. Powered by a Roy Lichtenstein meets Sunday funnies aesthetic and a self-effacing sense of humor, Long's story is sincere without being saccharine which dads will appreciate. Ages 4 8.
