Something For Father's Day! The Guardian. Great review for "I Love My Daddy

Recent releases and an old favourite for young readers

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• • Julia Eccleshare
  • The Guardian, Saturday 23 April 2011
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I Love My Daddy, by Giles Andreae, illustrated by Emma Dodd (Orchard, £10.99). 2+

The title says it all in this ebullient, if unsurprising, sequel to I Love My Mummy. The predictability is easily compensated for by the remarkable emotional intensity of Emma Dodd's bold illustrations, as they capture shared moments of pleasure between a baby and father as they romp and tease and finally end the day with a cosy bedtime story and snuggle. Giles Andreae's rhyming text provides a pleasingly bouncy accompaniment.