The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Guettier, Bénédicte

The Dad with 10 Children

42 pp. | Book House | May, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-1-909645-84-4 $14.95
New ed. (1999, Dial)

(3) PS This retitled and redesigned edition contains a slightly altered text. The on-target depiction of the minutiae of a parent's day ("10 little pairs of pants, 10 little t-shirts, 20 little socks, 10 pairs of trousers and 20 little shoes") will appeal to adults, but Guettier's presentation--art, simple text, countable objects--is pitched to kids. The pictures are a riot of bold, warm-to-hot colors.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 1999