Daddy Play with Me

Shigeo Watanabe. Philomel Books, $3.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-399-21334-2

Little Bear's father obligingly becomes a train, an airplane and a horse for his energetic son; the two share a lap book and sink into sleep together. PW observed, ""Watanabe's text and Ohtomo's spirited pictures show the doings of the endearing characters and leave no doubt of their mutual love.'' (25)

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