Daddy Children's Books

     If you search “Mommy Children’s Books” you will find a list of amazing books for children with respectable themes about childish adventures and outpouring love from Mommy to the child.  If you search “Daddy Children’s Books” you get something completely different.  There’s titles such as “Daddy Needs a Drink”, “When Mommy and Daddy Divorce”, “My Dad is Big and Strong, But”, “When Mom or Dad Dies”, and a list of other mature themed books for children. 

 

     Don’t get me wrong.  There are a few books that compete with “Mommy” books like “I love my daddy because”, “Daddy Kisses”, and “When a Dad Says ‘I Love You’”.  But there seems to be a shortage of children’s books that emphasize the importance of father’s in the lives of children.  I don’t want to sound too negative with this article, but if you want to continue your research and educate yourself on crime statistics based on the absence of a father figure, then you can google away.

 

     Fathers and their children have a special bond and it is often considered dorky or humorous which is why books come out about daddy snoring too loudly or daddy’s bald spot, but where are the stacks and stacks of books that fathers want to see?  Where are the books describing the adventures that children have with their fathers?  Every time I go to the park with my children we tell a story that involves dragons, captive princesses, a hero, and a theme where everyone returns home safely.  Where are the stories that show what fathers do best: picking up children and soaring them through the air, helping build projects, pushing them too high on swings, playing sports, going for a ride in the car to get ice cream, giving a big hug when something is wrong?

 

     I think it’s concerning and the storyteller inside of me is going to do something about it.  On the beach one day I asked little Donnie to draw me in the sand.  He did so and the character he drew inspired me to draw the same thing over and over again for the past two years.  I’ve been telling bedtime adventures for the past five years and it’s time to give fathers around the world books that display the importance of a hero daddy and a daddy whose there for his children.

 

     In January I hope to have my first children’s book available to the public.  It’s titled “The Adventures of Bubba and Sissy; Daddy Does the Same Thing” and follows the adventures that a brother and sister have with or without their daddy present.  Children play at school or in a daycare or at the park before their daddy gets home from work or visits them.  The story displays these adventures and shows that daddy does the same thing when the children are having fun.  When the children come together with their daddy they can continue the adventure.  The important thing is for children to include their fathers in their imagination time, so when he arrives they can establish a deeper bond.

 

     The role of the father will always be important to children.  A boy views his dad as a hero and someone to look up to.  A daughter sees her dad as a knight in shining armor.  Expanding their imaginations to make daddy larger than life will always have a better effect on a child than adult based humor about how out of shape or disgusting daddy can be.  After all it is the father who gives his daughter away on her wedding day and helps his son grow into a man.