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Norac, Carl: My Daddy is a Giant: For Everyone Who Has the Best Daddy in the World.


Norac, Carl MY DADDY IS A GIANT: For Everyone Who Has the Best Daddy in the World. Il. by Ingrid Godon. ISBN ISBN
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ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 
 0-618-44399-1. New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
: Clarion Books, 2005. 32 pp. $16.00. A little boy's admiration for and love of his father is evident on every page of this book. Dad is larger than life larg·er than life
adj.
Very impressive or imposing: "This is a person of surpassing integrity; a man of the utmost sincerity; somewhat larger than life" Joyce Carol Oates. 
, and even the size of the book accommodates dad's size. The reader is invited to view the father from the eyes of the boy. Dad's sneezes are as powerful as a hurricane and his running creates earthquakes, but in his arms there is nothing but safety. The childlike child·like  
adj.
Like or befitting a child, as in innocence, trustfulness, or candor.


childlike
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like a child, for example in being innocent or trustful

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 drawings and perspective reflect the story's point of view. This book would make a great Father's Day gift. Ages 3-7. Reviewed by Terre Sychterz, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
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Author:Sychterz, Terre
Publication:Childhood Education
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Date:Jun 22, 2006
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