Daddy Day, Daughter Day

Summary:

This short biography is a story written by a father and daughter. They recount a very special day that the two of them spent together enjoying their favorite activities. The father and mother are divorced and the little girl waits patiently for her father to pick her up for a special day. They go for a ride in the father’s convertible, walk around the park, get Burger King for lunch, see gorillas, watch a movie at the theater, and have a romantic fancy dinner. The little girl is sad when there night together comes to an end, but she knows she will see her father again. She’s thankful that even though her parents are divorced, that both of them love and cherish her very much.

Comments (opinions/arguments):

This book was show more interesting because it was written by a celebrity author, Larry King, and his daughter. I liked that they chose a specific special moment and wrote about their father daughter relationship. I think through divorce, it’s very important for parents and children to continue to build on their relationship even if they don’t live with each other. It really shows children that nothing is going to change and that their parents still love them unconditionally. I really liked that the story held multiple perspectives. On each page it had the little girl talking and the father. The authors made this visible because the little girls written part was in normal font and the fathers was in italicized font. I think this is an interesting way to tell a story because children will get to understand what the parent might be feeling during a divorce. I think it will help reassure children that their parents are struggling with the divorce as well, but know that everything will be OK. I think the main central message of this story is that although divorce is hard, it’s still important to share quality moments with parents because it will help mend the pain that the divorce may be causing. The one thing that I disliked about this book was that the authors used a very similar font color on some pages as the background color. I think this could make it very difficult for small children to read the words. show less

Summary: Daddy Day, Daughter Day, is all about a little girl's weekend with her father, since her parents are divorced. They go to a special place together and do their favorite things. The story is all about how special the girl's time with her father is, and how difficult it can be to have divorced parents.

Personal Reaction: I enjoyed this book because there are a lot of children out there who have divorced parents and wait all week to spend just one day with one of them. It is an inspiring book for children and shows them that just because mommy and daddy are divorced, spending time with each parent is special to them and can be very fun.

Classroom Extensions:
1. The children could write about a special time they had with their show more parents together, or apart.
2.The children could draw a picture of them with their parent(s) and give it to them.
3. The children could think of their own special song to sing with their parent(s). show less

Summary:
In this contemporary realistic fiction book its to story of a little girl who has divorced parents and lives with her mom and gets to visit with her dad. The story is the told from the perspective of both the daughter and the dad. I felt like the book had the underlying message to cherish al times spent with loved ones.

Personal Reaction:
I liked this book because I come from divorced parents and could relate to the little girl. I felt like the underlying message in the story was to make sure you cherish your time with the people you love. I really enjoyed this story.

Classroom Extension Ideas:
1. Give it to a child to take home if they are going through this situation and don't know how to handle it.
2. Somehow incorporating show more it into a lesson about making life count, but this would probably have to be done with kids just a little bit older.
3. Showing kids how their parents and teachers feel about them. show less

I really enjoyed reading this book. Daddy Day, Daughter Day takes readers through the different thoughts between a daughter and a father. Before the book started, the author wrote, "A story of divorce and parenting from both a child's and a father's point of view." When an event occurs in the book, the girl first states her thoughts on it, and then the father's thoughts are right underneath the child's in italicize. I also really liked how the little girl states "I know now that divorce can bring good times as well as bad, and that having two parents who love you, even if the don't live together, is the greatest gift of all." Many children don't look at the positives of divorce. However, this book enables children to see that there are show more positive things about divorce. The central message in this book is family struggles and divorce.

Summary: The book starts off with telling the audience that the girl lives with her mother. The girl and her father see each other about once a week. When he comes to get the girl, her dog warns her when he is one block away. So the girl is always waiting for her dad outside of their front door. They first go to a secret park. They don't tell anyone where they go so they have it as their secret. At the park, they bond and eat Burger King. After the park, they go to the monkey jungle. However, the little girl gets scared of the monkeys so they leave quickly. After they leave the monkey jungle, they go see a movie at the movie theatre. Lastly, the father takes his daughter to a nice dinner before taking her back home to her mother. They both love spending time together. show less

Summary: This is a story about a girl with divorced parents. It is narrated by both the daughter and the dad. They each tell the story of their day together.
Personal Reaction: This is a really good book that is really helpful in today's society where so many parents are divorced.
Classroom Extension: I probably would not read this to a class but it is a great book to give or lend to a student who is going through or struggling with a divorce.

Summary:
Chaia is an only child and her parents are divorced. Her dad comes and picks her up to take her out. Both dad and Chaia got to their own secret special garden, dad sings her favorite song, "When you wish upon a star", and tells her a prince story. Chaia tends to ask questions and dad always repsonds. He also always reminds her that even though he's not with her mom it does not mean that it was Chaia's fault and they love her very much. They eat dinner at a fancy place and Chaia orders a whopper. As the evening ends, dad tells her stories. Then he takes her home, Chaia misses her dad already, but knows that both her parents love her and thats all that matters.

Personal Reaction:
I really loved this stroy. I think the author did a show more very good job in being sensitive with how a child might deal with their parents being seperated. I also really enjoyed how it has both the dad's viewpoint and the daughter's viewpoint.

Classroom Extension:
1. I would first send this book to the parents and see what their response is about the book.
2. Depending on the parents responses, I might have students write about a sepcial day they had with their parent(s). show less

Summary: This book is about a family that is divorced and the little girl lives with her mother but today is her daddy's day to come pick her up. They have a special place that they get to go and they sing their favorite songs. It's all about having a special dad with daddy and that even though daddy does not live with her and mommy that he loves he very much.

Personal Reaction: I chose this book not because of the fact that my children come from a divorced family but that they come from a military family which at times can feel like the same thing. When I read this book to my 9 and 7 year old they were able to make the comparison that just because daddy is gone dose not mean that he loves them any less. This was a great learning tool show more for my children

Classroom Extensions: I would as the children to write about a special day they had with their mom or dad and tell me what they liked most.
I might also ask if I had any military children in my classroom and if not I would bring in a service member to tell them what it is like for family's to be apart but to still love the children more than anything else possible. show less