Missing Daddy

by Mariame Kaba

Other authorsbria royal (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 2019

Status

Coming Soon

Call number

PIC KAB

Publication

Haymarket Books (2019), 36 pages

Description

"A little girl who misses her father because he's away in prison shares how his absence affects different parts of her life. Her greatest excitement is the days when she gets to visit her beloved father. With gorgeous illustrations, this book depicts a little girl's love for her father from whom she is separated because of incarceration." -- Provided by publisher

User reviews

LibraryThing member sashame
lovvvvvvve some woke picture books!

this is terrifically well written, at least wrt the emotions expressed and situations depicted

i RLY RLY wish they had hired a poet tho to help w the writing. the rhyme/meter scheme is HORRIBLE--inconsistent, unsatisfactory, weak, and slanted. this is a problem
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mainly bc of how it will cause a person reading the book aloud to trip over their words; a meter tells the speaker HOW to speaker; a shitty and inconsistent meter will make the speaker stumble. this will undercut the child's attention, understanding, and reading comprehension
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LibraryThing member J_Odiorne
A little girl misses her father and shares her thoughts and feelings as she deals with her father's incarceration and waits for the time when she will visit him in prison. She shares her loneliness, her concern for her mother who always works, an older sister she never sees, conversations with
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teachers, and how much it hurts when other children laugh at her and say mean things to her. When visiting day is near she can hardly sleep and the "happiness in her soul" is deep.

Critical Analysis: This book will help children make inferences about the thoughts and feelings of others and to view a situation from more than one perspective, it offers mirrors, windows, and sliding doors and will help children evaluate solutions to moral problems and ethical solutions

Favorite quote: "Those who love us help us grow, no matter who they are. They are our true family whether near of far."
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

9.25 inches

ISBN

1642590363 / 9781642590364
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