Dads Love Babies: A Celebration in Words and Pictures

by Whitney McKnight

Fathers share their experiences of transition from husband to family man and talk about their fears, joys, hopes, and dreams for themselves and their children. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765110652
• ISBN13: 9780765110657
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Smithmark Publishers
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.6" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

The merits of taking "stock"

I have to give it five stars because I have to rate it something; but I can also justify all the bling, especially in context with the "poor" review of Aug. 2006 review, which also has merit. Let me explain. Dads Love Babies was one of three books I wrote in one summer, all as book packages, i.e., fixed, small budgets; and within a very, VERY short period of time. The original scope of the book was to have just stock photos and platitudes about fatherhood. Yuck. I wanted to write a book, but not a syrupy one. Especially because I was not ghosting or "aka'ing" this one--my name would be on it. So, I asked the project manager if I could interview real first-time dads instead. She agreed, and I found fathers willing to share stories of: the IVF process using donated eggs; a completely natural birth in a brand new "birthing center" complete with jacuzzi; a father whose car was towed and he had to take a bus to the hospital while his wife in labor; a father who was enraged by a callous doctor; a father who watched his wife's unexpected C-section; and another father whose laid back wife experienced a personality overhaul, putting the nursing staff on notice while in labor. That the reviewer wishes to have "real" photos accompany the text, I take to mean the stories I assembled are compelling ones--compelling enough to spend the 0.65 for a used copy--and that the reviewer wanted to know these fathers even better after "going through" their experiences along with them. The stories are intense--funny, scary, provocative--amd merit legitimate photos, which I did offer to use; but it was deemed by the publisher as "not an option", given the time constraints and legal implications. The stock photos aren't evil, just not of the people whose faces, I hope, you are eager to see by the book's end.

Heart Warming Special Moments

This book was the greatest! I have sat many hours and looked at the pictures with my child. Can't wait too see what's next.? How about Mom's and their son's? Thanks Whitney for the pictures and warm heart moments....Keep on publishing...