This book is about a little girl at the park with her dad. I like this book because it is the same words throughout the whole story: “faster, faster” so the illustrations basically tell the story. The pictures speak for themselves. She gets on her daddy’s back and yells faster, faster each time. He goes so fast that he “turns” into a dog, a horse, a cheetah, a bird, a dolphin, etc. At the end he gets tired and turns into a turtle, after she realizes he slows down she says “daddy?” And he goes back to his regular self in the next page. This story can enhance a child's imagintion. If one did not see the pictures, the book will tell a whole different story.

Parent/ Child relationship that depicts the child's imagination while relating and connecting the different speeds animals to the speed of her dad.

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Pierce College Library System

We love all of Leslie Patricelli's books but I think this is one of our lesser favs. Maybe it will grow on us with a couple more reads. ( )

Audience: pre K- 2nd grades
This is a very interesting book for young children where the daughter is playing with her father and how he turns into various animals during the course of the play. The main focus is on the speed of the animal, hence the title 'Faster faster' and can be used in the classroom to discuss action verbs in animals, act them out, compare features and speeds of animals. ( )

Good book for toddlers, but my 4 year old really enjoyed it too. There's a great twist at the end, makes you want to read it again. I wasn't too fond of the art, but the animal pictures are cute. ( )