Since I work in a library, I read this book to see if this is something that I would recommend to my patrons. However, I have read poems by 5th graders that were better than this. The only reason this book got published is because of who the author is. This was a poem written from a mother to her husband about being a father, so I'm not sure if this is something a kid would want to hear. Honestly, it was just boring. My coworker was ready to throw it in the trash because the "poetry" was so bad. Seriously, how did the editor let the word 'lone slip in there? This book gets one star for the illustrations which turned out to be the highlight. Definitely would not recommend this.