When mummy goes off to work, her little girl feels sad. It is up to her daddy to create a magical day and cheer her up! When daddy says, “let’s play!” the fun begins… From pretending to be a dinosaur, through to enjoying a tea party and then time spent together watching the big TV, this daddy and daughter tale captures the joyful relationship between parent and child at its best.

Read along with this easy and rhythmical story, this is a timeless book for families to treasure written by Emma Phillips and beautifully illustrated by Ricardo Rose.

• Daddy and Me! wonderfully expresses the bond between a daddy and daughter
• Readers will discover that even the most everyday events can, and should, be magical
• So many opportunities for children to join in with the story! The repetition and rhyme will help children to remember what comes next
• Funky illustration by emerging talent Ricardo Rose that transform this daddy into a superhero!

About the Author

Emma Phillips is passionate about helping children explore the joy of rhythm and rhyme through books that connect with their experiences and welcome them in. She wrote Daddy and Me! to represent and reflect both her own childhood memories and the experiences of her children. The daddy relationship is one of the most formative and precious relationships that exists and there are a variety of ways that this can be captured in text. Some books are humorous, some factual and others, like Emma has created, aim to capture the magic that occurs when this relationship is just right!

About the Illustrator

Ricardo Rose is an emerging talent. His images are creative and funky yet have a depth that has perfectly transformed this ordinary daddy into the hero that his daughter sees him as. This is Ricardo’s debut book illustration!