Just Dads

Wisconsin Bookwatch, July 2002
A superb giftbook for Father’s Day, "Just Dads" makes for heartwarming, highly recommended browsing.


Honolulu Star Bulletin, June 16, 2002
"Just Dads" brings an appealing new viewpoint to the role of fatherhood in both people and animals.


Book Description
While mothers’ devotion might get more attention, many fathers also do their fair share of raising young. "Just Dads" is a unique giftbook that combines engaging and interesting male animal parenting photographs with insightful fatherhood quotations. Along with the quotations are intriguing facts about the paternal care many species provide, including the emperor penguin father who carries the egg on his feet for three months without eating, the male marine catfish that opens his mouth when danger threatens so the youngsters can dash in to safety, and the male titis monkeys that "babysit" the young in the forest canopy, freeing up the females to travel ahead and eat their fill. The delightful images combined with the insightful quotations bring an engaging new perspective to the role of fatherhood, both animal and humankind.


From the Author
Good dads don’t get enough credit. Even great dads often go unheralded. While researching quotations for this book, I was surprised by the plentiful supply of derisive quotes you can find in the "Fatherhood" section of quotation dictionaries, especially compared to the small number of accolades. You would never see a feminine version of "It is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless . . ." in the "Motherhood" section of any book! When my father died ten years ago, it was certainly a misfortune. How often I’ve shared my joys with him and asked him for advice, as if he were still here. How often I’ve wished that he were. I’d so love to give him this book. "Just Dads" may poke a little fun at their offspring—us—and the challenges dads encounter getting us raised, but the book is a thoroughly positive tribute to him. I looked long, hard, far and wide to assemble this collection of quotations. I searched even harder to find wildlife father-and-child photos, and I think the dads who receive this book will enjoy reading quotes like: "Fatherhood is the single most creative, complicated, fulfilling, frustrating, engrossing, enriching, depleting endeavor of a man’s adult life" and "Every day of my life has been a gift from him." Don’t you?


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Amusing photographs, combined with insightful quotations, bring an appealing new viewpoint to the role of fatherhood in both people and animals. Kuchler captures the essence of what being a good role model is all about.


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