The line “I wish you more tippy-toes than deep” accompanies a picture of a boy happily swimming in a pool. It starts out simply enough: two children run pell-mell across an open field, one holding a high-flying kite with the line “I wish you more ups than downs.” But on subsequent pages, some of the analogous concepts are confusing or ambiguous. 5-8)Ī collection of parental wishes for a child. Bibliotherapy that reads like a family drama, a relevant story told with honesty, clarity, and humor. The austere drawings emphasize human figures and faces, communicating a wealth of character through the precision of facial expression. McGovern (Smalls's Alphabet Witch, 1994) once again achieves startling success. Smalls (Dawn and the Round To-It, 1994, etc.) avoids racial stereotyping by creating a second African-American character from a so-called nuclear family the illustrations place Cheryl in a comfortable, middle-class environmentappropriate, since the problem of absentee fathers permeates society. When her teacher assigns a Father's Day writing project, Cheryl confronts her feelings about her missing father. A much-needed remedy to a growing social concern, aptly reflected in the subtitle, ``What Do You Do About Father's Day When All You Have Are Mothers?'' Cheryl lives in a household with three female role models, each a strong, distinct personality.
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