It’s a tender look at a job most people give little thought to. But My Dad is a Clown also shows how much work it takes to be funny and make people laugh. One heals the body and the other heals the soul.
Pascual says the two men have two of the most important professions. The boy has another dad named Pascual, who is a doctor. My dad is a clown and I am very proud of him and his job, which is one of the most important jobs. He didn’t understand, but we became friends again. “The other day at school, a classmate got angry at me and said, ‘Clown!’ But in My Dad is a Clown, a picture book by José Carlos Andrés, young readers get an idea of what it means to be a clown. It is an easy, short, fun read and provides much needed diversity to the genre.Ĭlowns sometimes get a bad rap, portrayed as frightening or creepy. And, for clear, breezy way in which parental influence is developed through the narrative. The story is laudable for the casual way in which it treats same sex parents (these could have been any parents, they just happen to be two dads). Needless to say, he will also be curing souls. In the end, when the child reflects on what he’ll be when he grows up, he still decides on medicine albeit with a twist–that I will not reveal. In fact, the bulk of the book dedicates itself to an adventure where we follow Doctor Dad and the child on a mission to see what Clown Dad does on a typical day. So, it seems that this very fortunate child is being raised by parents that are exposing him to science and to art. His other Dad, a doctor, says that between both Dads they have two of the most important jobs: "one heals bodies the other souls." As an important lesson is taught in a friendly accessible way. If the story were to end there, it would be mission accomplished. You see, one of the boy’s Dads, is a clown and the boy knows the job is very important because his Dad has the ability to make people laugh. Unperturbed by his classmate’s attempt at name calling, the boy kisses him on the cheek and continues on his day. This story helps us remember and helps us explain it to our kids. Nowadays my child’s answer is something with “lasers.” As parents, oftentimes we forget the huge impact we can have on our children’s choices.
A fireman, a toll collector (do we still have those?), a teacher are among the most popular (at least they used to be when I was a kid) answers.
The question: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” is routinely asked of children starting from the moment they can string sentences together perhaps because grownups want to fill the void of awkward silence with something. The other day at school, a classmate got angry at me and said ‘Clown!’ So begins our story and our entry into this black, white, grey and red world created by Andrés and Hernández, where a boy walks us through a few moments in his life and the impact his two dads have had on it.
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