Dads

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Celebrate all that fathers do: building, fixing, cooking, cleaning, laughing, crying, hugging, playing and more! John Coy and Wing Young Huie--the author and photographer behind Their Great Gift--reunite for a new book that shows a wide range of fathers and children, particularly highlighting families of color and lower-income families, who often aren't depicted in children's books. This beautiful book is a perfect Father's Day gift!

John Coy is the author of young adult novels, the 4 for 4 middle-grade series, and nonfiction and fiction picture books including Hoop Genius, Game Changer, Their Great Gift, Dads, and If We Were Gone. He has received numerous awards for his work including a Marion Vannett Ridgway Award, a Charlotte Zolotow Honor, a Bank Street College Best Book of the Year, and the Burr/Warzalla Award for Distinguished Achievement in Children's Literature. John lives by the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. Wing Young Huie photographs the dizzying socioeconomic and cultural realities of American society, much of it centered on the urban cores of his home state of Minnesota. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally.

https: //blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2020/12/31/31-days-31-lists-2020-picture-books/ 31 Days, 31 Lists: 2020 Picture Books DECEMBER 31, 2020 BY ELIZABETH BIRD You know how 4th of July fireworks will end with an incredible light show that goes on for a seemingly endless amount of time? Well, consider this the light show of the 31 Days, 31 Lists!! Today I end with the biggest, longest list of them all. Picture books galore! It's been a wild and crazy ride this month. I have never, EVER, been so happy to welcome in the new year. So let us all lift a glass to better times. To children's books reflecting the world around us, giving our kids something to aspire to. To great writing, beautiful art, and profound wackiness. 2021, here we come!!! Dads by John Coy, photographs by Wing Young Huie Probably the most realistic, truthful, honest, fantastic collection of dad photos I've ever seen produced for kids . . . um . . . ever. You've got Mennonites on one page and Hmong on the other. You've got young dads and old dads and rich dads and poor dads. Huie writes that he just went through his own archives to find these images, and what that means is that this isn't just some random accumulation of stock photographs. Heck no! These are art. Each one, art. All brought together under the auspices of Coy's text. -- "Blog" (12/31/2020 12:00:00 AM) Following Their Great Gift (2016), Coy and Huie team up again, exploring fatherhood through the lens of a camera and the roles that fathers play in their families. In the backmatter notes, Huie explains that he 'combed through my archives' for the photos for this book, and that may be why they don't always complement the text and why they may seem woefully out of step for our times. For instance, 'Dads help' shows a black man tenderly cradling a baby; is he 'helping' by caring for his own child? 'They teach' is a strong page: Dads provide instruction in riding a bike, tying a tie, and adjusting Buddhist robes. Others photos may leave readers wondering: 'They get frustrated' simply shows an Asian man sitting at a table, his forehead creased but no other indication of his feelings or what might have prompted them. 'They remember' includes a photo of a man of color standing over small children sitting on a curb. Two are crying. It's won't be clear to young readers what he may be remembering. While Huie is to be commended for showing such a great range of diversity, both socioeconomic and racial, in the dads and family groups pictured in his black-and-white and color photos, his work suffers for having been posed: Too many photos feel forced, with one or more of the subjects looking directly at the camera. While the photos and text don't always mesh, still this is a refreshingly real-life view of fatherhood.--Kirkus Reviews -- "Journal" (4/1/2020 12:00:00 AM)