With Father’s Day coming up such a book is a sure winner. For me it needs to step carefully between soppy and hype while giving room for true sentiment and humour.
Dad, I love you because ....... is a great title but it also gives away the personal bias unless Dads do what Dads do, like lions roar and dogs bark.
So is this book subjective or a generic collection of thoughts and ideas like a greetings card?
Then you get it.
This is an insight into the writer’s own story and appreciation of their Father. This liberated the story for me; it is autobiographical and allows the reader to compare and contrast their own experiences.
Suddenly we all have so much in common and can celebrate good parenting. We can be entertained by Southern customs and ways, and reflect on our own family traditions. So the book becomes a refreshing read, a sense of remembering and thanking someone with whom we have a special bond through various activities and milestones.
Like we read to our children we can share with our Dads and rejoice in the bonds and love that unites our relationships.
We sometimes forget to say thank you or share with those special individuals, why we love them so much.
A great little book to read to your children and then say this is why we love Grandad so much and why we care so much about you. Love is a family thing.

Very cute and sweet children's book! My kiddos loved the pictures and story!

Throughout the book, all of the things that Dad has taught and done are listed. They start out from youth but do escalate to when they are in college. The characters are also animals rather than humans. I think it was well done and enjoyable, thought some of the things Dad taught in the story was very specific to this specific family and are not things that would apply to other dads. Still a great read though!

I loved this. It is one of those books that a child could read with their parents and it would also make a great Fathers Day gift. There is no story, just pictures of two animal children saying why they love their dad. It is very easy to read, brightly coloured and leaves the reader with cozy feelings. My favourtite was Dad, I love You Because ... 'you taught me everything is better with cheese.'

Totally adorable!

Copy provided by publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.

Written by the MacCallums and illustrated by Fabrice Florens, this is a little late for Father's Day - but better late than never! It would make a great birthday present or Christmas present, or just at the present present! Aimed at young children, and populated by a mixed-family of cute animals, this finely-illustrated little book lists out one reason after another why dad is special. I liked it and commend it as a worthy read as a gift from a young child to whoever they call dad!

This was a lovely book about the love and appreciation from a child to their father and it goes through the different memories they have had together as they have grown up. 3.5 stars from me, I did feel that this was more for a US market than UK with some of the terminology.