What Daddies Do Best

Lynn M. Munsinger, Laura Joffe Numeroff. Little Simon, $6.99 (22pp) ISBN 978-0-689-85973-1

In Laura Numeroff's What Daddies Do Best, an abridged version of the popular What Mommies Do Best/What Daddies Do Best, illus. by Lynn Munsinger, a hefty papa hippo helps junior ride a bicycle, a furry orange fox holds his son when the cub feels sad and more. Munsinger's whimsical illustrations are as endearing as ever in this reassuring read-aloud.

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