Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me

From blackwiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Knock knock.jpg
Knock knock 2.jpg

Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me was written by Daniel Beaty and illustrated by Bryan Collier. This book is fiction genre. It achieved some awards such as, Coretta Scott King Book Award for Illustrator (2014), Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Nominee for Picture Book (2014), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Picture Books (2014) [1]   

Summary

Every morning, I play a game with my father. He goes knock knock on my door and I pretend to be asleep till he gets right next to the bed. And my papa, he tells me, "I love you." [2]

A young African-American boy and his father have a morning routine: Papa knocks on the door while son pretends to be asleep, until Dad comes to investigate. “Then I get up and jump into his arms. ‘Good morning, Papa!’” One day, however, the knock never comes; increasingly missing his. [3]

Pros

Andrew gave a touching opinion about this book, he said that this is an illustrated children’s book that is truly moving and profound to the point where he was in tears. Thankfully he had already got home with it from the library and wasn’t standing in the children’s section sobbing. He did that in a different section. And thankfully he read it to himself before his kids cause he thought he did not think he could’ve gotten through this. Great book! [4]

An online review on the blog also made by Ashley Woodill. She described this story has a positive ending full of hope while holding the potential of touching the lives of so many children who grow up with an absent parent. While the story never tells the readers exactly where the father has gone, the author’s note gives us a clue that points towards incarceration. Since Beaty never tells readers where the father goes, the story remains universal and can be related into the lives of many children today. The vague location of the father also allows this story to be brought down to any aged child as any age could feel the emotional impact of the story without the harsh reality. [5] 

References