Nelly Gnu and Daddy Too

Bestselling author of the Llama Llama series, Anna Dewdney delivers a heartwarming, fun-filled children's story that will delight young readers as the author highlights the importance of family relationships and the influence of role models who we learn from in this heartfelt children's book, that's dedicated to her father. In the past, I have purchased several books from this series, and have watched many young readers enjoy the different stories that encourage social activity, while they learn and enjoy reading at the same time. Young readers have followed Llama Llama and Mama, and now a new adventure blossoms with daddy too. Nelly Gnu is very fond and proud of her daddy as they engage in working as a team on creativity, while making a special project for Nelly. She listens to her father's ideas, and also helps him with the finishing touches. Nelly is excited to be a part of it, and she and her father are overwhelmed with joy at the final results. Nelly is happy to be daddy's daughter, a big sister to Baby Gnu, Mama's good helper, and Llama Llama's best friend. Anna Dewdney creates an inspiring story that tugs at the heart, the colorful illustrations compliment the story with adorable characters, who bring the story to life. Entertaining from beginning to end, delightful, and educational. A wonderful addition to a fascinating, enjoyable children's series, and a great gift for Father's Day. Highly recommended to teachers, parents, and child-care providers.

This beautiful story of Daddy gnu and his little girl is a favourite of my husband to read to our 2.5 year old. Featuring beautiful illustrations, lovely poetry and an uplifting story about a girl building a little house with her Dad. This book prompted my husband to build a simpler version with his daughter, a cardboard box version. He often quotes the last line "Daddy knows just what to do" and is so happy to have a book about how a Dad is competent and loving. I prefer this book over the Llama llama ones as it is much more positive. Where Llama always seems to have dramas, nelly is much more sweet and calm.

There is a wealth of books available about the special bond between family members, especially moms with their children. This was a nice portrayal of the bond between father and daughter. Pros: -Good length for 2 years. Sometimes it gets read twice in a row. -Solid board book, well constructed and holds up to toddler love. -For those who are reading other books in the Llama Llama series, recognizing the Nelly character might be a bonus. No Cons to list at this time.

If I could give six stars I would. It is SO refreshing to see a book that features an involved, loving and doting DAD. It's almost always mom and we forget to reinforce that dad's are awesome too! Beyond that the illustrations are lovely (as expected) and the story is darling and well written. My daughter LOVES reading this with her dad and has even shared the story with other kids at her school. The teachers were so happy to find a book that features a dad in a care taking role.

I got this book for my girls ages 4 and 2 to add to their Daddy books collection. There are so many great books that highlight the relationship between a mom and their kid(s) so I want to make sure Dads are represented as well. My girls LOVE Llama Llama. We had all the board books and now we have all the longer hardcover stories too. The author had a way of writing that just really seems to speak to my girls. I would highly recommend this for any little kid's bookshelf!

I saw this book and ordered it for my hubby for Father's Day. I couldn't resist when it was delivered and snuck a peak. :) I loved it! This is the perfect story for my hubby and daughter! Nelly Gnu gets to spend the day with her daddy. Together they build this wonderful playhouse and enjoy spending time together. Daddy's patient and let's Nelly Gnu help with the building and even takes her to the store to buy supplies. My daughter loves to spend time in the garage with her daddy building cabinets for his work. She even calls Home Depot the Daddy Store. I can't wait for Father's Day so they can enjoy snuggle time before bed reading this story together!!

My 2 year old LOVES this book! We picked up this book when our daughter was going through a phase of being very clingy towards her mom (me). This book was a great way for my husband to talk to my daughter about how much he loves her. They love talking about the adventures of Nelly Gnu and her dad. This book really captures the special bonds that dads and daughters can have, without any implying any stereotypes about parental roles of moms and dads. I love the rhythm of Anna Dewdney's writing in this book and others. We've owned this book for about 4 months now, and we read it often, but I'm still not tired of reading it.

There are a ton of Mother/Child or Daddy/Son books, but the Daddy/Daughter children's book genre seems lacking. "Nelly Gnu and Daddy Too" is perfect! This has become my husband's special book to read to his own little "Nelly Gnu." Daddy Gnu helps his little girl build a cardboard fort, and then they go on an adventure to a hardware store to buy paint to decorate the fort. It's such a great story with a wonderful rhyming cadence.

I bought this for my grandaughter Nelly as a little gift during lock down. It is a very positive story and beautiful graphics, a joy.

Good quality sweet book for parents and kids to read together. Bought as part of a Father’s Day gift and it was perfect! Nice story.

We adore this book, it's now in our pile of books that we read every night.

My girls love this book!

I was wondering why all the Llama Llama books are about Llama Mama only, no Llama Dad. But this book is not about Llama Llama's father, it's about someone else, and it's not as cute or sweet as the Llama & mama books. My kid knows the Llama Mama books off by heart but she wasn't too interested in this one.