Knock Knock is a bittersweet book about love, loss, and the courage to keep pressing on. It’s from his father, and it has words that just might give him the courage to believe he can navigate his way from childhood to adulthood…alone. But the answer never comes.Īnd then one day, a letter is waiting for him. He even tries writing a letter that asks who will teach him the things he doesn’t know if his father doesn’t return. The father is just gone, and never comes back.Įvery morning the boy waits - with drooping face and heart - for his father to return, and every morning he is disappointed. There is no preparing for the change no explanation. Unfortunately the warm and cozy feeling doesn’t last, because one morning the knock never comes. This illustration demonstrates just how intensely these two people revel in one another’s love. In fact, the very next illustration (which is also the cover illustration) shows the boy with his head on his father’s shoulder, his way of telling the reader that this man is his entire world. It’s a simple beginning, and one that conjures warm and cozy memories of that golden time in life, when children are convinced the sun rises and sets on their parents. There is a KNOCK KNOCK at the door, and then the boy’s father comes into the room and sweeps him into his strong and protective arms. The book opens with an absolutely adorable two-page illustration by artist Bryan Collier, in which a young boy lies on his soft bed with eyes closed and a big smile on his face, as if he’s anticipating something wonderful.Īnd something wonderful happens indeed. There is something about the love between a father and his son, and that something is very prominent in author Daniel Beaty’s latest picture book, Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me.
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