I was reading "Hugs" by Robert Munsch to my two-year-old Silas one night. The kid in the story tries a skunk, a porcupine, a snail, a gorilla, but then finds that a mommy hug is a just-right hug. Silas, the stop-you-dead-in-your-tracks cutie that he is, pipes up to correct the story and says, “no, a Daddy Hug is a just-right hug.”

I had been writing kids' books with strong dads in them for awhile; that was the push I needed to make this dream a reality.

Today's dad is involved.

He wants to connect.

He wants to be there for his little ones.

We need more dads like this in kids' books.