Buy it: Dance Me, Daddy

Dance Me, Daddy (By Cindy Morgan) – If you have a little girl, you will probably tear up when you read this touching story about the love between a girl and her daddy. Each turn of the page, shows the little girl growing up from tutus, pigtails and tea parties to sleepovers with friends and homework. But through every age, the daughter and her daddy still dance together and the daughter says the same thing – “Dance me, Daddy…” Then she says that if she’s his princess than he is king of the world. Then the girl leaves home, falls in love and gets married. And on her wedding day, she goes up to her dad and says the same thing, “Dance me, Daddy…” And the last page shows the daughter visiting her parents with her husband and her own little girl. The book comes with a CD of the song “King of the World,” which tells the same story in song. The CD also features the author reading the story and an interview with the author.

The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, and I have read and enjoyed together. I recommend the books that stand out to me as excellent children’s books for writing, illustrations, originality, story and characters. Ally and I hope you enjoy them too!

Buy it: The Daddy Book

The Daddy Book (By Todd Parr) – There are a lot of different daddies out there, but they are all special. This is a fun, colorful book that looks at all the different ways daddies have fun with their kids and express their love. The book explains how some daddies like to have tea parties, play in the tree house, ride a skateboard, build sand castles, sing to their children, take naps, bake cookies, walk their kids to school, etc. But, the book explains, all daddies want their kids to be who they are. My daughter loves the bright, colorful pictures that can be found in all the Todd Parr books. I love the sweet message of this book, that all daddies are unique but they all love their kids. This makes a wonderful Father’s Day gift.

The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, and I have read and enjoyed together. I recommend the books that stand out to me as excellent children’s books for writing, illustrations, originality, story and characters. Ally and I hope you enjoy them too!