"My Dad" – the most perfect book for all dads! June 14, 2022 – Posted in: Books – Tags:

Already from the cover you feel a first attraction and you want to take it in your hands. Its title, 'My Dad', you understand it's talking about your dad, your dad's dad or your child's dad – dads all over the world!

The protagonists of the book, a little girl and her dad. So a little girl who introduces us to her dad. A dad of huge proportions - because that's how huge children see their dad, whatever size he really is.

As huge is the admiration that the children have for their dad, but also huge is the love they have for him.

And how can our heroine not love her dad so strongly since he also loves her in a unique way and manages to show it to her in practice and express it to her, with or without words. It makes her laugh. He takes care of her. He supports her. He comforts her. He hugs her. He spends time with her.

He shows it to her whether he is next to her or absent and far away. He proves it to her by teaching her about the world. By telling them the most beautiful and interesting stories.

To help her whenever she needs it but also to give her the strength to reach for the stars.

The text is short, but condensed. Simple and to the point, it focuses on the truth of emotions. Through the honest and guileless childlike gaze of the heroine – and by extension the writer and illustrator Soosh – the unique relationship between the child (who just happens to be a girl) and his father unfolds so vividly that by flipping through the pages we can feel it .

The book is read with all the senses: we touch the engravings on the wall with which they measure time and their common growth. We hear the sounds of laughter, whispers, their voices. We smell the smells and taste the flavors of the food they cook. We see with the eyes but mainly with the eyes of the heart all these small and big, the important and the most insignificant things that their daily life includes.
A dad who isn't afraid to stand by his child, isn't afraid to lower himself and come to the height of the child, isn't afraid to shrink to make room for the child to fit with him. And especially a dad who isn't afraid to buck the stereotypes that want dads to be uninvolved or not cook or know how to sew or engage in jobs and activities that are considered "feminine" or "obligations" of mom.

But the child also loves her dad and shows it to him equally. She is there for him when he needs her. She takes care of him and helps him in turn when he needs it.

It's a book about being together! We live and grow together for it. It's about the child's bond with their dad – but the dad's with his child. Of every child and every dad. When there is pure and unadulterated love. Then every dad is a superhero – just like the dad in this book!

You can order the book online here