Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner) by Beaty, Daniel

Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)

Winner of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Medal and the Boston Horn Book Award A simple, powerful...
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Author: Daniel Beaty
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Language: English
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Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner) by Beaty, Daniel

Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)

$38.40

Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)

$38.40
Author: Daniel Beaty
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Winner of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Medal and the Boston Horn Book Award

A simple, powerful book for children, about an absent father and the love he leaves behind


Every morning, I play a game with my father.He goes knock knock on my doorand I pretend to be asleeptill he gets right next to the bed.And my papa, he tells me, "I love you." But what happens when, one day, that "knock knock" doesn't come? This powerful and inspiring book shows the love that an absent parent can leave behind, and the strength that children find in themselves as they grow up and follow their dreams.

Author: Daniel Beaty
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 12/17/2013
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.70w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780316209175
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 163083 / Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me


Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Winner
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) - Silver Medal Winner
Award: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Honor Book
Award: Cybils - Finalist


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 10/01/2013 pg. 76
Publishers Weekly 10/14/2013
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2013
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2013 pg. 73
Booklist 11/01/2013 pg. 84
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2014 pg. 256
New York Times Book Review 02/16/2014 pg. 16
New York Times Book Review 02/23/2014 pg. 22
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Daniel Beaty is an award-winning writer, performer, educator, and empowerment expert. His works have been shared throughout the United States, Europe, and Africa in the area's of children's and adult literature, music, theater, film, and television. He has performed at The White House and has graced the stage of The Kennedy Center, as well as HBO and BET. His website is danielbeaty.com.

Bryan Collier has illustrated more than twenty-five picture books, including the award-winning Dave the Potter and Fifty Cents and a Dream, and has received numerous awards, including three Caldecott Honors and four Coretta Scott King Awards. He lives with his wife and children in Marlboro, New York. His website is bryancollier.com.

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