Animal Attention: Getting Dad's Attention - Paperback

by Oren Otter (Illustrator), John Block (Author)

A little boy finds that everyone in his family is busy. No one notices him. He decides to focus on getting Dad's attention. He wonders how different animals might do that. He imagines how a dog, a snake, a reindeer, a skunk, and many other animals would get his dad's attention . Ultimately, each animal fails to get Dad's attention, until the boy howls like a coyote. Dad notices, and they go out to play for a long time. As the day ends, they are tired and go inside. The boy rests on Dad's shoulder like another pet animal might do. The reader is left convinced that it is good for dads to play with their kids.