When Papa Comes Home Tonight (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781416910282)

When Papa comes home tonight, dear child,
(I promise - not too late)
you'll hear me whistling up the road.
You'll meet me at the gate.

It can be hard waiting for Papa to come home, but it'll be worth it because you'll both have so much fun when he does From singing songs and making dinner to playing all the way until bedtime, just hanging with Papa is one of the most joyous ways to end the day.

Eileen Spinelli's highly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling When Mama Comes Home Tonight, complete with gorgeous illustrations from David McPhail, is a soothing celebrtion of simple moments shared between parent and child.

Author: Eileen Spinelli
ISBN-10: 141691028X
ISBN-13: 9781416910282
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 04/28/2009
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 10.30h x 10.60w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 1.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 129416 / When Papa Comes Home Tonight


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 03/15/2009
Booklist 04/01/2009 pg. 45
School Library Journal 04/01/2009 pg. 116
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

About the Author
Eileen Spinelli has written many books for children. Her 1991 debut Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch was?a Christopher Award winner, and she has gone on to author numerous picture books, poetry collections, and chapter books, including the bestselling?When Mama Comes Home Tonight, ?and the critically acclaimed?Sophie's Masterpiece.?Eileen lives in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.

David McPhail has written and illustrated more than fifty books for children, including the New York Times bestselling When Sheep Sleep by Laura Numeroff (Abrams), When Papa Comes Home Tonight by Eileen Spinelli (BFYR), and his own Mole Music (Holt), which was a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year. He lives in Rye, New Hampshire.