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 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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 12/17/2013
ISBN: 9780316209175
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.70w x 0.50d
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 Citations: 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

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