"Let's play rough, Daddy!" says the little boy as he pounces on his father. Tossing and tickling and tumbling follow as the boy turns into a wild animal and Daddy becomes a growling bear. But when the bear gets too scary, the boy turns back into a boy, and he wants the bear to be a Daddy again. But after a hug and some reassurance, the boy pounces again.

 

This book was published 2000 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Lynne Jonell is the author of the novels Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat, Emmy and the Home for Troubled Girls, and The Secret of Zoom, as well as several critically acclaimed picture books. Her books have been named Junior Library Guild Selections and a Smithsonian Notable Book, among numerous other honors. Born in Little Falls, Minnesota, Jonell grew up in a suburb of Minneapolis. She now teaches writing at the Loft Literary Center and lives with her husband and two sons in Plymouth, Minnesota, in a house on a hill.