My Amazing Dad (Ezekiel Kwaymullina, illus by Tom Jellett, Little Hare)

The eponymous Dad in this book isn’t very good at lots of things. He’s not good at mowing the lawn, he can’t bake a cake and he’s bad at fixing leaking taps. He is, however, really good at having fun. The extremely simple text by Ezekiel Kwaymullina captures all the light-hearted, good-natured fun that children and parents can enjoy, and Tom Jellett’s illustrations really extend the text and bring the story to life. Strong, full-colour pictures fill each page, making this a refreshingly unsentimental homage to fathers. My Amazing Dad is an endearing, funny book that radiates goodwill, and will be great to read aloud with children aged three and up.

Louise Pfanner is an author, illustrator and bookseller

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