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32 pp.
| Simon
| May, 1999
|
TradeISBN 0-689-81898-X$$16.00
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Jennifer Eachus.
When his father leaves to spend a month in Africa, a young boy crosses off the days on a calendar and collects small found items to show his father on his return. He thinks about Daddy's promise to blow him a kiss every day and imagines what animals he must be seeing. Soft-focus illustrations reflect the sentimental story.