The Very Best Daddy of All by Marion Dane Bauer, illustrated by Leslie Wu (Simon & Schuster, $8) tells of the many ways that fathers across the animal kingdom care for and comfort their young. Soft-focus pastel pictures keep it sweet, not schmaltzy. Ends with the narrator proudly noting that their papa is indeed the best of all.





















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