Barefoot Books, 1 Sep 2001 - 24 pages Daddy is like an island. And when you are a little boy on an island, you can be anything you want to be -- as tall as a tree, as angry as a storm, or as bright as a star. With text that rises and falls with the soft rhythm of a song, Philip Wells celebrates father and son in enchanting verses that will delight and lull the most wild of wild things as they prepare for bed. Niki Daly's magical artwork evokes a calm, dreamlike mood as it radiates the love between parent and child.

 

There are 24 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2003 by Barefoot Books Ltd .

Philip Wells performs as The Fire Poet everywhere from St Paul's Cathedral to Channings Wood Prison, from Buckingham Palace to children's hospices, from 11 Downing Street to children's psychiatric units, in front of everyone from Robbie Williams to Gordon Brown. He has written an opera about Thomas Becket which was performed in Canterbury Cathedral. He has collaborated with rock bands, photographers, sculptors, painters and fire jugglers. Currently he is making poetry films on Second Life. Niki Daly grew up in Cape Town and later returned there with his wife and sons after living in London for ten years.