title: All the Papas: A True Love Story for Fathers and Their Children
author:  Carol Gandee Shough 
description: Kindergarten-Grade 4-This companion volume to All the Mamas (Summerhouse, 1998) is a sentimental tribute to eight generations of fathers. Both books are based on the author's family history. Each generation of father and child is depicted in a brief scene that concludes with the father's refrain, "I am so proud of you." In keeping with the sense of continuity and nostalgia, the prose is lyrical and poetic. However, the awkward sentence structure has little to recommend it ("I just can't stand it. You are so cute, you water baby you. Hold your breath and plunge right in. I am so proud of you"). Readers may also need some historical background to understand some of the vignettes, e.g., a churchyard-burial scene. The softly muted illustrations complement the text's gently understated tone, but they are not memorable. The portrayal of strong, loving fathers and an appreciation of family history are admirable, but the book will have limited appeal. George Shannon's This Is the Bird (Houghton, 1997) depicts strong generational bonds more effectively. Barbara Joosse's Lewis and Papa: Adventure on the Santa Fe Trail (Chronicle, 1998) also presents a historical view of a loving father-child relationship.<BR><I>Heide Piehler, Shorewood Public Library, WI </I><BR>Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  With a tale forsooth he cometh unto you, 
  with a tale which holdeth children from play, 
  and old men from the chimney corner. 
   — SIR PHILIP SIDNEY 
  An excerpt from Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev, Fathers and Sons (more correctly, Fathers and Children), 
  1862, translated from the Russian by Charles James Hogarth. First published by the Everyman Library 
  in 1921, by London & Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd; and in New York, by E.P. Dutton & Co. With In-
  troduction by Ernest Rhys, herein reproduced. Reprinted by Wordsworth Edition Ltd., in 1996, with an 
  Introduction and Notes by Dr Lionel Kelly of the University of R