Just Us Two: Poems About Animal Dads
illustrated by Susan Swan. Millbrook Press, 2000. ISBN: 9780761315636
If I were an egg,
I’d be a
Big Daddy Emperor Egg.
Round and fat
on Big Daddy feet,
under folds of fluff
from Big Daddy belly . . .
Dive and wriggle and swoop with animal dads as they care for their young! Capturing the voices of animals, from penguins to giant water bugs, monkeys to crocodiles, these poems are exuberantly illustrated with brilliant cut-paper collage. Includes photos and nonfiction notes about each animal. (This book is out of print but is available used.)
“Good father-child bonding books are rarer than hens' teeth, but Sidman and Swan pull it off with this charming offering.”
Children’s Literature
“Poems about a dozen unusual animal dads are exuberantly illustrated with cut-paper collages.”
Kirkus
“A wonderful exploration of the relatively unknown habits of animal dads.”
Children’s Book Council