Age: 2-5 years
Genre: picture book
In this
colorful and bright picture book, we see big “Daddy” trucks and little “child”
trucks as they work together to build a city. The story is told using rhyme,
and though the meter doesn’t always read smoothly, the text flows overall. Each
truck makes its own sound or completes an action, such as the bulldozers that
“roar, roar, roar” or the dump trucks that “fill, drive, dump.” It can be a
little confusing for the reader since the sentences start with “They go…” which
to me implies it is a sound they are making, but “roll,” “dump,” or “lift” are
not sounds. I think it would have been better to stick to sounds for
consistency in the book and not throw in actions as well, but maybe I am being
picky. After we have watched all the trucks work, we see the Mighty Dads say
they are proud of their little ones, a positive message to send to any child.
My
two-year-old son, who loves trucks and construction equipment, really enjoys
this book because of the variety of vehicles pictured. He wants to know what
each one is called. He points to the Daddy and child trucks on each page, so he
is also learning “big” and “little.” Mighty
Dads is a great read-aloud for parents with truck-obsessed children.
Bibliographic
Information:
Holub, Joan.
Mighty Dads. New York, NY: Scholastic
Press, 2014.
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