If you love to read with your kids I encourage you to check out and subscribe to the Book Dads Fathers Who Read! website and blog.

The creators of this site believe that reading together is one of the most important things a parent can do for a child. But more often than not, they found themselves reading books to their son that always talked about moms but rarely mentioned dads. Book Dads grew out of their search for books to share with their son that emphasized fathers and the importance of fatherhood in children’s lives. If you’re a father who cares about reading with your children - no matter how you’re parenting - then Book Dads is for you.

Each blog entry includes a review of a book and sometimes an interview with the author. Reviews are archived under the following headings: About Dads, Any Parent, Dads Only, Divorce & Separation, Family Diversity, Fatherhood & Parenting, Grandpas & Uncles, and Other reviews - other stuff (books, audio books, music, movies, etc.) they like as guys and as dads.

Here is an excerpt from a recent review of Rocket Man by William Elliott Hazelgrove:

Dale Hammer is husband and father caught in the middle. He's moved his family out to the suburbs in search of a better life, but everything seems to be going downhill. Dale is battling authority figures out to ruin him, from the cop who is convinced Dale has cut down the sign to his subdivision to a wannabe-military Boy Scout troop leader. Read More

From their interview with William Elliott Hazelgrove:

You’re now the father of a young child yourself. When did you begin working on Rocket Man, and did the process of becoming a father affect your writing of the story?

Becoming a father affected me very much in writing Rocket Man. I was struggling to raise my son, involved in all the activities and I wanted to be a good father and I saw that this was not such an easy thing. Somehow I wanted to get that struggling to keep the good part of fatherhood in front while trying to make a buck. Many of the scenes in Rocket Man came from things that happened. I think every father could relate to the scenes between Dale and his son they are the universal struggles of the son trying to assert himself with the father. Read More

Book Dads is THE PLACE for books and book reviews with positive views of fathers and fatherhood!