Young boys and their fathers will relish this book that celebrates the ordinary things dads and kids can do together. Choice A Saturday morning spent doing household chores evolves into an afternoon of simple pleasures for Kevin and his dad. The delight of the young in their fathers shines through this universal story. A 1999 Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner. It's not melodramatic, but just a Saturday in which an African-American father and son immerse themselves in each other's company when the woman of the house is away.
Smalls treats the material without pretense, leaving it guileless and thus accessible to readers.
Hays's artwork is wistful and idyllic, just as this day is for one small boy. All rights reserved. Inc. All rights reserved. This lively book tells the story of a day of work and play a young boy spends with his father. In the Harlem of forty years ago, people did not have to lock their doors, and the streets were always clean.