I Wish I Had My Father

While this book was very sad I did enjoy it. I first liked how it showed a non-conventional family. I feel this is beneficially to those children who also have no contact with their father’s that are still alive and the many questions that come with wondering about that parent. I also liked how the author included so many questions throughout the book, showing children that sometimes there are not answers to all these questions they wonder about when they feel neglected. The illustrations were drawn realistically instead of cartoon like, which I thought was appropriate due to the serious content the book was presenting. I liked how the author also showed positivity in a tough situation by accepting those people who care and become show more like a parental figure. Another aspect I liked was how the book pushes readers to think about the saddening truth of when a parent simple abandons a child while they’re young. She does this through questions such as “But if he loves me, how come he doesn’t send me postcards? Or telephone me? Or come to see me?” These are tough questions a child would wonder when they do not have both parents involved. I believe the main idea of this book was to show children that others are like them and that not all families have two parents, but that does not make them any less loved by others. show less