Product Description

This is a fantastic book for children of all ages to buy for their dads. It is a great gift for Father's Day, birthdays and Christmas. This lighthearted celebration of the art of fatherhood is guaranteed to appeal to Dads of all ages. It is beautifully packaged with an embossed cloth cover and illustrated with charming black and white drawings. Also available from Michael O'Mara in this series are the bestselling "The Boys' Book", and "The Girls' Book" and "The Mums' Book" to be published in 2007. This is the book no self-respecting father should be without. "The Dads' Book" is an amusing and informative miscellany of jokes, facts and tongue-in-cheek survival techniques for the Dad wishing to excel at the art of fatherhood. This is not only a book of practical advice, but also includes cunning tips on how to maintain your position as Number One Dad without becoming a cross between a punchbag, taxi driver and general slave. It includes bizarre yet invaluable tips handed down from generations of fathers on: how to build the best tree house; things to do with your kids on a rainy day; twenty ways to find peace and quiet; how to make beer breaks part of play time. Published in time for Father's Day, "The Dads' Book" celebrates the wonder of dad-hood, while allowing you to work on being best at everything and retain your sanity at the same time.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3926 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 160 pages

Dadcando.com, May 07
'Are you the best dad? Well you'd certainly be in the running for the top spot after reading this fabulous little book... interesting, very useful and highly amusing stuff on every page'

The Bookseller, May 07
"Chock-full of instruction and light-hearted relief for anyone grappling
with fatherhood"

totz2teens.co.uk, May 07
It is a really good read and is completely packed with useful
information and things to make you smile.

Customer Reviews

May not be what you think it is...
I bought this book for my Dad for Christmas, thinking it would be a fun gift: it looks very much like The Dangerous Book for Boys, which was definitely fun for 'boys' of all ages, and it says it's for the 'Dad that's best at everything' which implies it's for men who have been fathers for a while. It arrived quite late so I didn't have time to look through it, I just wrapped it up and gave it to him. Well it turns out that it is VERY much aimed at new and expectant fathers! Not really suitable for a grown-up child to give to a parent, unless they've decided to expand their family late in life!

Good fun! Iffy in places..
On the whole this book is pretty good read, and certainly contains a few things I remember my dad doing during my childhood (the corny jokes for example!). The one thing that I think is quite irresponsible though is that there's a section on recommending video games for children. Two of the ten that they recommend are 18 rated games (with strong adult content). More research is definitely needed on any revisions of this book as that clearly needs changing.

excellent pressent
My dad really enjoys this book as you can read it over and over again. It is a really good present for farthers day.