The Fathers Are Coming Home by Margaret Wise Brown Illustrated by Stephen Savage

In simple text this book explains that at nighttime all of the fathers are coming home to their children and it explores a variety of animals all coming home to their children. The ladybug father goes home to his ladybug children. The lion father only sees his cubs on holidays and summer vacations so he goes home to watch the sunset. And a little boy's father comes home from being a sailor to his little boy that night. This was a nice book about fathers and how they go home to their children, but some of the information I questioned a bit. Where were these fathers all throughout the day? The dalmatian dog  might be a firefighting dog or something, so in that case it is understandable. But what are ladybugs and spiders and fish and pigs and snails doing all day that they are away from their children? It was an enjoyable book to read, but being the adult reader, it left me a bit puzzled.

Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2010.