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This P., Arnold Adoff Poetry Award winner book, it's about different kids sharing how their fathers are. They share why they think their Daddies rule the world. This book has great simple rhyming words. Students will gravitate towards the book and will help them to make connections. This book will be great doing IR. It would also be a perfect little book to give a wonderful dad on Father's Day.
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This was a heartwarming example of poetry because the text moved easily, rhymed, and great emotion. The images helped enhance the emotion in the poems, and the poems were easy to follow.

I would use this in the classroom if I was teaching a family unit because the poems are short and heartwarming.

“I'm so happy to be having breakfast with my daddy-all by myself, just me!“

“I'm so happy to be having breakfast with my daddy-
all by myself, just me!“

I would use this in my classroom around fathers day as an activity to inspire students what to say to their fathers.

This is a good poetry collection about a boy loving his dad. These poems have a good rhythm. Although I do feel as if some of the poems were a little cheesy.

“My daddy makes me breakfast on sundays when I wake“ I wish my dad did that!

I love the illustrations in this book. They look like the illustrator ripped pieces of paper and put them together to look like people. Very creative!

“My Daddy Rules the World: Poems about Dads“ by Hope Anita Smith, 2017. Poetry book. I thought this book was cute. The purpose is all about paying tribute to dads. This would appeal to most children, but as a teacher you must keep in mind not every child has a dad or has a good relationship with their dad. If I were to include this book, I'd make sure I have other books about moms, grandparents, or whatever resembles my students' families.

“When he goes to work, who do you miss?
Daddy!
And when he comes home, who do you kiss?
Daddy!”

It would be good to include this book in a classroom since it shares positive experiences between children and their fathers. If we read it in the class I would make sure to discuss the father in these poems might be someone‘s grandma to someone else, or someone‘s mom, or brother, or coach, and that everyone should get to experience the happiness in the poems with someone. I would be mindful of the different circumstances in my classroom

This is a picture poem book discussing all the good fathers bring. It shows a dads love for his child and can be extremely relatable. The book contains a lot of rhyming and figurative language. The illustrations are unique and diverse.

“His eyes look at my eyes,
and his voice is real low.
He says, “Buddy, there's something
I want you to know.
Wherever you go
and whatever you do,
we'll always be best friends.
That will always be true.“

I would use this book in my classroom because it is full of positive experiences that children can relate to or if they are missing their dad, they can read the book and remember things about him. However, I would keep in mind that some of my students may not have a father figure so I would be sure to incorporate other pieces of literature such as books about moms, grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc.

My Daddy Rules the World: Poems about Dads written by Hope Anita Smith. This book is full of poems that pay tribute to dads and father figures around the world, giving examples and stories of how impactful a dad can be and how much a dad loves you. Readers are able to relate to these images that are shown through the stories.

This poetry book itself was really cute and contained a lot of rhyming characteristics with an involveness of figurative language and stories being told. The book was a collection of different poems all relating back to a child's dad. It is meant to evoke emotion and can allow kids to make connections to themselves along the way of reading them. Like i said, not all may have dads though and you'd have to be careful when integrating into classroom!

This book is fun to read and a lot of kids will like reading it. However, if you are to integrate this into the classroom, you might need to think about if all kids actually have dads. Maybe they have same sex parents, or no parents, or grandparents only. A lot of factors could throw or make this turn off from the overall great story this is meant to be!

“He helps me with my homework and always gets it right.”

I think the idea of this book is great. However, it may not be the best one to have in the classroom because not all students will have father‘s in their life.

My Daddy Rules The World by Hope Anita Smith published in 2017 is a collection of poems about dads. Super cute idea!

Sometimes I forget
I'm supposed to be good.
I do what I want
and not what I should.

I loved how this book of poems included a lot of diversity in the illustrations with the people. The illustrations were folk-art inspired and went well with the heart warming poems.

I loved this book of poems because they are told through the voice of a child. These poems celebrate everyday displays of fatherly love. I loved how these poems rhyme and show the beauty of the relationship between father and child.

This is a very sweet book. I don‘t think i would read it to a class just because some students don‘t have active fathers. and this book could upset some children.

This book is so sweet. It‘s about fathers. It was published in 2017. This book is very sweet and made me tear up. I love the illustrations and the overall theme. The only issues I have is some children don‘t have active fathers in their lives so this book could get some sensitive spots for some children. Overall though I enjoyed it.

“Dash let‘s me play his guitar”

I would definetly read this book in my class it‘s easy for the kids to relate to with their dads.

My Daddy Rules the World by Hope Smith was written 2017. I loved this book so much. Every poem in it was so sweet and lovely read. It‘s great for kids to read and there are so manh different poems that someone can mostly likely relate to one with their dad!

“I say good-bye to my old trike and then I try my brand-new bike. I hop on. Dad holds it steady.”

I love this book because the children can relate to it and it goes through all kinds of scenarios. Each child would be able to relate to at least one of the poems.

My Daddy Rules the World by Hope Anita Smith was published in 2017. The book consists of a number of poems that tell stories about daddy and me. The stories touch on a number of things kids do with their dads! I like this book because kids can relate.

I would have this book in my classroom but I wouldn‘t read it out loud since some children don‘t have dads or they don‘t have a good relationship with their dads.

My Daddy Rules the World by Hope Anita Smith, 2017. Poetry. This book was so sweet. I am super close to my dad and reading these poems warmed my heart. I liked how the book had poems about all different dads. I liked the diversity throughout the book.

I will have this book in my classroom because not only do I love how the book represents African American characters, I love the connection between the son and father figure.

“My Daddy Rules the World” was written by Hope Anita Smith in 2017. This book is about short poems that involve genuine experiences between a young boy and his father. I really enjoyed the raw emotions that this book displayed and definitely would read this book again!