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Thanks a lot, Trixie's Dad

by Elissa Gershowitz
Jun 13, 2014 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
willems_knuffle bunny too...and the great Mo Willems, on Fathers' Day, for creating dad characters who take care of their kids in a non-bumbling, matter-of-fact (if realistically exhausted and strung-out) sort of way.

But, hey, also? As Megan Dowd Lambert points out: Cut it out with the nighttime bunny exchanges. You're making the rest of us look bad.

Here are some more recommended father-son books from The Horn Book staff.

Elissa Gershowitz

Elissa Gershowitz is editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc. She holds an MA from the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons University and a BA from Oberlin College.

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