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My Daddy and Me.


My Daddy And Me

Jerry Spinelli

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Fathers and sons are celebrated in Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli's latest, joining with graphic designer Seymour Chwast Seymour Chwast (born in NYC, 1931) is an illustrator and graphic designer. He, along with Milton Glaser and Edward Sorel founded Push Pin Studios in 1954. Along with Glaser, Chwast created The Push Pin Graphic  to celebrate the time of day when Daddy comes home to be with his kids. Dogs are the characters representing father and son in this whimsical whim·si·cal  
adj.
1. Determined by, arising from, or marked by whim or caprice. See Synonyms at arbitrary.

2. Erratic in behavior or degree of unpredictability: a whimsical personality.
 survey which arrived too late for Father's Day mention, but which deserves a place on any school or community library picturebook shelf.
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