When Daddy Tucks Me In
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Every key holds a story—but one unlocks the greatest magic of all: coming home.
When Daddy Tucks Me In is a tender, imagination-fueled bedtime picture book that celebrates the love between a father and daughter. Each night, Dad uses the keys on his key ring to weave fantastical tales—of rockets collecting space noodles, cookie factories in need of testers, and jungle treasure hunts. But the most magical key? It’s the one that brings him home to his little girl.
From award-winning New Zealand creators Sacha Cotter and Josh Morgan, this heartwarming story is perfect for bedtime routines, sparking young imaginations while offering emotional comfort and connection.
This read-aloud favorite offers humor, heart, and a sense of wonder—making it a lasting addition to any child’s bookshelf.
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A large bunch of keys inspires outlandish bedtime stories in this fanciful first-person narrative that centers a brown-skinned father and child in a late-night moment. After the child narrator hears their father, who works late, arrive home after their bedtime, the youth prolongs a tuck-in session with questions about Daddy's many differently shaped keys. In response, Daddy gamely describes a "lumpy, bumpy key" as fitting the ignition to a wild-looking vehicle called a "zippenburger," and a "rusty" one as unlocking a padlock to the corral of a woolly mammoth. Each time, a distinctive sound effect comes into play: a cookie factory, for example, opens with a "wibbily wobbly wooble." Morgan's digital artwork, which incorporates found textures for a collaged effect, offers over-the-top scenes of Daddy's adventuresome imagined work life, until a plain key for an unremarkable door yields a simple reveal: the child, racing to see their dad. Ages 4–8.
