My+Dad



This book is about a boy who describes the characteristics his dad has and how much he loves him. This boy really apprciates his dad and believes he can do anything. His dad is his role model and he looks up to him very much. This book shows how a dad can overcome anything and who is a strong person, but also sweet. This story is witty and funny and would be for the ages around pre-school to 2nd grade. This book can relate to many dads out there and is a very positive look on fathers.
 * Summary/ Review**

Anthony Edward Tudor Browne was born 11 September 1946. He is a British author and illustrator of children's books, with nearly forty titles to his name. He intended to become a painter, but being short of money he took as job as a medical illustrator, drawing the insides of bodies for Manchester Royal Infirmary. After three years he grew tired of the job's repetitiveness and moved on to design greeting cards for Gordon Fraser. He designed cards for fifteen years before he started writing and illustrating his own books. Gorillas are frequently featured in Browne's books, as he has said he is fascinated by them. He was once asked to present a children's program, while sitting in a cage of gorillas, and despite being badly bitten by one of them he got on with it before being taken to hospital. In this book, he mentions that his dad is a strong as a gorilla.
 * Author/Bio**

In 1985 he won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis. The Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth literature prize) is an annual award established in 1956 by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth to recognise outstanding works of children's literature. It is Germany's only state-funded literary award. On June 9, 2009 he was appointed the new Children's Laureate for 2009 to 2011, selected by a panel chaired by Andrew Motion, the former Poet Laureate. His books have received many distinctions, including the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1983 for //Gorilla// and again in 1992 for //Zoo//. //Gorilla// (1983), //Alice's Adventures in Wonderland// (1988) and //Voices in the Park// (1998) all won the Kurt Maschler Emil Award. In 2000 he received the highest international honour for illustration, the Hans Christian Andersen Award, for his services to children's literature – the first British illustrator ever to win the prize. More recently he was Illustrator in Residence at the Tate. //The Shape Game// was based on his experiences of this time and was shortlisted for the 2004 Kate Greenaway Award. It has also been voted the Honor Book in the US Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature.
 * Awards**

Gorilla Into the Forest Little Beauty My Mum Silly Billy Voices in the Park A Walk in the Park Willy the Wimp Me and You, a retelling of The Story of the Three Bears in a contemporary setting The Night Shimmy & More
 * Other Children's Literature**

Anthony Browne was 17 the day his father died and he has been painting images of his father ever since, culminating in his most recent, and most direct, My Dad. Ostensibly a simple tribute to a wonderful father, it is one of Browne's sunniest books, with a string of visual surprises enriching the brief and plain text. It comes after many darker takes on fathers. Browne's sophisticated style, with its references to surrealism and his use of gorillas as interchangeable with humans, have made him one of the most intensely analyzed and highly praised contemporary illustrators.
 * Historical Context**

Family, Role models, Love, and Strong-willed
 * Major Themes**

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