Daddy Makes the Best Spaghetti

Shortly: This is one of my son's favourite books and has been since he was only one and a half years old. Fun, silly, and with a positive emphasis on the father/son relationship, this book really shines.

My 10 month old adores this book, and both my husband and I love reading it to him. He grins when Daddy transforms into Bathman or a doggie with pajama-bottom ears. He also loves when Daddy pretends Corey is a sack of potatoes. The adults love it because it shows a family working together to get everything done and a child being nurtured and cared for by both mother and father; Daddy is really the star of the book. We also like the 1,2,3 that is used throughout the story. Its repetition provides a beautiful rhythm to the book.

The book is unique in that it shows a family working cooperatively and also having fun. Daddy shops and cooks, and Mommy helps clean up. Both enjoy a story and a kiss good night with their son. My 4 year old boy has read this so many times, but still chuckles when the playful Daddy pretends Corey is a sack of potatoes at the store to buy and plays a dog with Corey's pj bottoms on his head. For any family where Mom and Dad do family chores equally, it is a pleasant relief from so many stories showing Mom doing the cooking and cleaning plus has the added bonus of being a very funny read.

After one reading this became our oldest grandchild's favorite book at the age of two. His mother says it's because his Daddy does all the things that the daddy in the book does -- shops for dinner, plays batman, tickles and hides, and carries Teddy (in the story it's Corey) to bed.There's no such thing as a book being too advanced to read to a small child. You adjust the story as you go along. And this is the greatest story, with a naturalness and charm that even adults will enjoy.Sunnye Tiedemann

My 2 year old son loves this book and repeats a lot of lines from the book, as well. My husband especially enjoys reading it to him because it has a lot of time spent with Daddy in the book which you don't read about in most books. It's a great book for mommies and daddies to read!