Big David, Little David

Leigh Dodds is an elementary-school teacher in North Bay, Ontario.

Nick is an imaginative kindergarten student who begins his school year
with a question: could one of his classmates, who looks like his father
and has the same name as his father, really be his dad? Through a series
of humorous situations, Nick attempts to trick his parents into
revealing the truth; however, it isn’t until Parents’ Night at the
school that Nick solves the mystery. Upon learning the truth about Big
David and Little David, Nick has a trick up his sleeve for his parents.


Although often humorous and entertaining, this story becomes
unnecessarily confusing under the weight of all the Big David / Little
David references; momentum is lost and the reader begins to wish for an
early ending. Alan Daniel’s vibrant and comical illustrations,
however, give the book tremendous visual appeal. Recommended with
reservations.