 Hi everyone, my name is Steph. This is Little Bookish Teacher and today I'm going to be sharing a review of a recent release picture book called My Epic Dad Takes Us Camping. This is the second picture book by Danny V. The first book was My Extraordinary Mum, which is a delightfully hilarious story and this one was no exception. Danny V is a podcaster here in Australia. She is fantastic and this book was illustrated by Marina Verola and it was released on the 1st of February 2023. This is the story of a dad who has grand plans of taking his kids camping. He wants to take them out in nature and they're going to have the best time and he's planned it all out. Until every possible thing that could go wrong does go wrong and poor dad ends up with bumps, bruises, insect bites, you name it. The poor guy goes through the ringer and despite it all his kids have the best time. They think the entire trip is fantastic and amazing and it really is one of those stories that showcases that just because everything goes wrong doesn't mean you cannot have a good time. You can plan everything down to the tiniest detail but that doesn't always mean it's going to be the best but sometimes just embracing the chaos can really work. So I really love this had a very similar tone to My Extraordinary Mum. It was really fun and funny and engaging. It has a fun lyrical rhyming narrative through it. You can tell there is a huge amount of humour and joy in the story just by reading it. The illustrations are bright and bold and funny. The whole thing is highly relatable particularly if you are not a person who likes camping, like me, because everything that happens I'm like that's exactly why I'm not going camping but it is a celebration of being with family, going and sharing holidays and experiences with each other and just enjoying that time that you have. In terms of using it in teaching I thought it would be a really great mentor text for prompting students when writing about experiences they have had with their family on trips or even just with friends. It's also a really great text to explore rhyming and language and how to inject humour into your storytelling. So thank you again to the author for sending me a copy of this title. I was so excited to pick up Danny's second book. It was just a really delightful time. In the comments I would love to know if you have read this book or if you have read Danny's previous work. I will leave a link to where you can check out all the information about this book, her previous title and her podcast if you are interested and if you want to let me know that you're here but you don't want to leave a comment feel free to leave a camping emoji down below. I hope that wherever you are in the world you're staying safe and healthy and I will see you in my next video. Thanks so much for watching. Bye everyone.