Reviews for Daddy calls me man

The average rating for Daddy calls me man based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-02-28 00:00:00 Desprez Frederic The main idea in this story is that everyone has more than one role. The main character is a little brother and a big brother, he is his mommy’s sweetheart, and he is a child, but the fact that his daddy calls him man is something personal and something that cherishes. The main character in the book is the narrator, the little boy (his name is not given). The pictures in this nonfiction story are not real life pictures, but the story and events can be real life. I would use this text in the classroom by practicing rhythm. This book is a rhyming book, and there are many different rhyming words in the book. Ex: on one page the words are swirl and twirl, and on another page the words are sky and why. As a class, we can go over the different word sounds and the different words used from the word families. The students can interact with this story by telling me something interesting that they do with their father or someone special. The author, Angela Johnson’s, life relates to this book because she writes about African American families, and she puts it in a poetic style. The words rhyme and the poems have meaning. She makes all of her characters to be realistic and positive. The illustrator, Rhonda Mitchell, has an African American background and her pictures depict the color of the African American skin very well. This is a good book to teach about the African American culture and how their families interact with one another.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-02-21 00:00:00 Leslie Mcadoo Gordon Eh.... This isn't a story (granted, no one said it had to be). This is a poem broken up into phrases and put to illustrations. The poem introduces a family. That's it. Honestly, I hated this book the first time I read it. Yes, my friends, I read it twice. I wanted to refresh my memory before I ripped this book apart on goodreads. I guess I'm glad I did because I changed my rating from a 1 to a 2 and I no longer have such negative feelings towards it. *sigh* The poem wasn't terrible and the illustrations were nice.