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For weeks and weeks now I've been growing by leaps and bounds, from my tiny heart to my fine fingers and toes, tucked inside my warm little home. Read the first page
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For weeks and weeks now I've been growing by leaps and bounds, from my tiny heart to my fine fingers and toes, tucked inside my warm little home. Read the first page
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have purchased this for my husband as a Father's Day gift for the Father's Day before the baby is born (baby expected in 1.5 months). Overall, my husband is very excited about the baby and already we talk about what the baby could be thinking (if the baby could think in words), e.g., "yay! ice cream again!" or "ooh, what happens if I kick really hard over HERE?" For a dad who is already interested in the baby I think this is a great gift.
The book has 25 pages plus a final page that can be personalized like an invitation, e.g., "I can't wait to meet my daddy, [John Doe]. Let's meet on [due date] at [birth [place] with [Jane Doe]. Love, [Baby Doe]." The very first page is a note (almost like a letter) from the author to the new father that is sentimental without being too sappy. For example, "This person you helped make has never been before."
Each regular page shows a different impressionist style picture with about 5 lines of text, in a nice sized font (16?). The pictures cover the whole page (no "rim") and the same picture continues on the left and right page on each flip. The text is always on the right-hand page. The pages are a little glossy.
The text is written as if the unborn child were telling someone (or talking to him-/herself) about the anticipation of meeting Daddy. The text isn't a story, but more of a list of all the things the child can't wait to do with Daddy or what the child daydreams of doing with Daddy. There should be something for everyone in these ideas (looking at stars, writing the alphabet, reading the globe, riding a bike, adding 2+2, etc). Most examples are phrased like this example from page 13: "He'll show me how to plant a tree, and fly a kite, and catch a fish, and even, I wonder, how to ski." The examples also include examples of things Daddy will teach the child, questions he will answer (e.g., why worms live in the ground) as well as things they will do together.
The phrase "I can't wait to meet my daddy" repeats throughout the book, but not on every page. The book ends on a very positive note: "If I could meet him right now, I'd ask, 'Am I just like you?' I can't wait to meet my Daddy. I will someday soon. And we have oh so much to do!"
Because the book includes "Am I just like you?" it does have a subtle feeling that the child is a boy, like Daddy. This is to be expected, I guess, as the dedication is to the author's boys' father. However, there is no explicit mention of the child being a boy or girl and should be suitable for both fathers of boys and girls (see below about the pictures). There is no mention of any other children; it's all about Daddy.
The illustrations are in the impressionist style like the one on the cover. The nice thing about that style for this book is that it helps make the book very suitable for most families. For example, there is a picture of a lake and across the lake there are three people riding in a canoe, but it is ambiguous whether the child (the smallest person) is a boy or girl. Similarly, there is a picture of a child standing next to his/her dad at the beach (the picture shows the dad from shoulder down, so any hair color would fit) and the child is holding a seashell to his/her ear. Again, it is not clear if the child is a boy or girl, which makes the book highly gift-able. Each picture shows a different child with different hair color and features. The children are also different ages. The first picture seems to a baby's face, the next a toddler and I estimate the final pictures are children around age 4.
The book has 25 pages plus a final page that can be personalized like an invitation, e.g., "I can't wait to meet my daddy, [John Doe]. Let's meet on [due date] at [birth [place] with [Jane Doe]. Love, [Baby Doe]." The very first page is a note (almost like a letter) from the author to the new father that is sentimental without being too sappy. For example, "This person you helped make has never been before."
Each regular page shows a different impressionist style picture with about 5 lines of text, in a nice sized font (16?). The pictures cover the whole page (no "rim") and the same picture continues on the left and right page on each flip. The text is always on the right-hand page. The pages are a little glossy.
The text is written as if the unborn child were telling someone (or talking to him-/herself) about the anticipation of meeting Daddy. The text isn't a story, but more of a list of all the things the child can't wait to do with Daddy or what the child daydreams of doing with Daddy. There should be something for everyone in these ideas (looking at stars, writing the alphabet, reading the globe, riding a bike, adding 2+2, etc). Most examples are phrased like this example from page 13: "He'll show me how to plant a tree, and fly a kite, and catch a fish, and even, I wonder, how to ski." The examples also include examples of things Daddy will teach the child, questions he will answer (e.g., why worms live in the ground) as well as things they will do together.
The phrase "I can't wait to meet my daddy" repeats throughout the book, but not on every page. The book ends on a very positive note: "If I could meet him right now, I'd ask, 'Am I just like you?' I can't wait to meet my Daddy. I will someday soon. And we have oh so much to do!"
Because the book includes "Am I just like you?" it does have a subtle feeling that the child is a boy, like Daddy. This is to be expected, I guess, as the dedication is to the author's boys' father. However, there is no explicit mention of the child being a boy or girl and should be suitable for both fathers of boys and girls (see below about the pictures). There is no mention of any other children; it's all about Daddy.
The illustrations are in the impressionist style like the one on the cover. The nice thing about that style for this book is that it helps make the book very suitable for most families. For example, there is a picture of a lake and across the lake there are three people riding in a canoe, but it is ambiguous whether the child (the smallest person) is a boy or girl. Similarly, there is a picture of a child standing next to his/her dad at the beach (the picture shows the dad from shoulder down, so any hair color would fit) and the child is holding a seashell to his/her ear. Again, it is not clear if the child is a boy or girl, which makes the book highly gift-able. Each picture shows a different child with different hair color and features. The children are also different ages. The first picture seems to a baby's face, the next a toddler and I estimate the final pictures are children around age 4.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I gave this book to my husband the evening before I went to the hospital to give birth to our LO.
The book is beautifully illustrated and a wonderful heartfelt gift for a new dad.
I suggest giving the book to hubby earlier to help him build positive anticipation of your new arrival as he may be too stressed the evening before to fully appreciate it.
Our baby is 11 months old and hubby sometimes reads it to him!
Ensure that your husband doesn't mind actually doing some of the activities in the book in case baby grows up taking the story literally...
The book is beautifully illustrated and a wonderful heartfelt gift for a new dad.
I suggest giving the book to hubby earlier to help him build positive anticipation of your new arrival as he may be too stressed the evening before to fully appreciate it.
Our baby is 11 months old and hubby sometimes reads it to him!
Ensure that your husband doesn't mind actually doing some of the activities in the book in case baby grows up taking the story literally...
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
this book was a fab pressie!!!- my hubbie was in tears when I gave it to him the day before our daughter was born!!
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