Mitchell’s License by Hallie Durrand and illustrated by Tony Fucille (Candlewick, April 2011) is a fun father-son bedtime book. Mitchell does not want to go to bed, so Dad lets him have a driver’s license, Dad being the “car” as Mitchell perches on his shoulders.
This is a true-to-form picture book, meaning the pictures are essential to the text. Never in the text does it say “Dad is Mitchell’s car.” Rather, Mitchell gets his car ready every night via text, and in the illustrations we see the humor of Dad being the car. My son (age 4) loved this book because it was so silly to see how Mitchell drove around the house. My son can’t wait to have his own license!
(Nominated for 2011 Cybils award by Hollie Thompson)