This was the cutest book ever! Perfection! I only have one very minor, very tiny suggestion.

SPOILERS!!!!! DON'T READ BEYOND THIS POINT!!!!

At the end where the one kids says "Seems to me my dad loves your dad", the other kid should have responded with "Well, my dad loves your dad, too, but better". It would be funny and continue the theme of the book.

This had so much I loved! The illustrations are absolutely wonderful, the expressions on the character's faces were so engaging. I think kids will love the back and forth bragging between the characters as it gets more and more outlandish. The repetitive text that builds throughout the story is a sure winner for read aloud time. All of those elements of the story had me thinking it was going to be a five star read. Unfortunately, the turning point in the story, which I thought I would love the most, ended up being a bit clunky. I'd say this is aimed at lower elementary students, and because what's real and not real is a big focus for them when reading a story, the development of the relationship between the dads happening so quickly, and happening in the "this couldn't happen in real life" world of the story I think will make it confusing. I wish the two kids in the story had at the turning point started comparing more realistic aspects of their dads (like maybe one makes the best cake in the world and the other makes the best burgers in the world and then we see all four of them sitting down to a meal together, etc). Then there could have been clues in the illustrations that the grown ups were growing closer and developing feelings for one another and that the two families were blending into one. The way it was depicted here was somewhat abrupt and again happened in the context of events that were very clearly not based in reality. It just came across as sort of out of the blue. I think this one had outstanding potential but only partially delivered on what I hoped it would. Still worth a read though and still a great read aloud pick.

I jump at the chance to read any LGBTQIA+ kids books and was really excited to see this one pop up.

The illustrations were really sweet but ultimately the book felt really repetitive (even for this genre of children’s books) and the “twist” felt a little abrupt but it was still cute. I had really been hoping the boys were brothers and dads were both their dads, but it was more of a meet cute. The book felt like it needed a few more pages to flush out the story a little better.

Thank you to NetGalley for an eARC of this title in exchange for my honest review!

Great cover, great title, super illustrations, but kept waiting for a lesson at the end that spoke to the boys' one-up-manship. It builds and builds, and gets sillier and sillier (elephants pregnant with triplets!), which I think kids will love. The illustrations are so detailed, and they reinforce the story in a wonderful way. In the end, the Dads are friends, but nothing about the boys. I would have loved a more solid ending that spoke to the kids. Thanks to NetGalley and Charlesbridge for the eARC!

Solid. Cute. I think I would have preferred a page or two more of one-upping. The ending is cute, wonder if they had considered going back to one-upping here as well...