Daddy's Footsteps
Age 3+
Picture Books
A celebration of amazing dads with a prehistoric setting from multi-award-winning author Michelle Robinson, and with breathtaking illustrations from Paddy Donnelly.
By following in his daddy's footsteps, will Baby Dinosaur find his own feet?
Baby dinosaur wishes he could follow in his dad's giant footsteps, and grow up to be big, brave and strong, just like him. But when he loses sight of Daddy while on an adventure with his friends, and the world suddenly feels wild and dangerous, will he remember the advice his daddy gave him?
Creators
Michelle Robinson grew up in Gloucestershire and loved making up stories and being silly. She put that to good use by getting a job as a copywriter. She wrote over 6000 radio adverts before moving on to television and the web. She soon got bored though, which is when she started writing funny stories for children and their parents to enjoy reading umpteen times. Her picture book There's a Lion in My Cornflakes won the Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards, Ten Fat Sausages won the Lollies Award, and Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry has been shortlisted for the BookTrust Storytime Prize. She lives in Canada with her husband, son and daughter.
Paddy Donnelly is an Irish illustrator with over 14 years experience and who now gets to make a living drawing dinosaurs - his 5 year old self is very happy about this. Coming from a graphic design background, Paddy works in various illustration styles, and also creates kids apps. Paddy's books have won the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award, the White Ravens Book Award and the Judge’s Special Award at the Children’s Books Ireland Book Awards
and have been shortlisted for the KPMG Children's Books Ireland Award, and he was nominated for the World Illustrations Award. Paddy lives in Belgium with his family.
Reviews
The special trust and bonds between daddy and son are beautifully and touchingly explored… The gorgeous dinosaur setting created by Paddy Donnelly glows with colour and detail and it’s a gorgeous book to share with little ones.
LoveReading4Kids
A touching celebration of daddies and sons… a gorgeous book to share with little ones
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