All daddies are different but all are special, says this book about many different types of dads. Some tell stories, while others listen to music, for example. The book goes on to explore many other contrasting things some daddies do at home and away, before concluding, “Every daddy is different. Every child is, too!”
The illustrations include two-dad families and single dads, and dads (and kids) with a variety of racial and ethnic identities and physical abilities. The book also acknowledges various ways of family formation, including chosen families, noting, “Some daddies are yours from the time you are born. Others are favorite grown-ups, chosen for a special day … or your whole life. Some pick you. Some you pick. Others share you with another daddy.”
There are no identifiable transgender dads (though of course readers are free to imagine that some of them are). We do see a few of the dads doing somewhat gender atypical things, like attending a tea party and creating art. Compare this to Sarah Kate-Ellis’ similar book All Moms, which more successfully incorporates moms with various gender expressions (and possibly trans identities). Nevertheless, this is a sweet celebration of many (though not all) types of dads and families with either one or two of them should find much joy in it.
