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Vintage bookshelf · 1970s

Just Me and My Dad

First published
1977
Reading stage
Picture books & shared reading

Reading this with your child

This 1977 Mercer Mayer story follows a father-and-child camping trip filled with small adventures and mistakes. It's a great option for shared reading or visual discovery, and it's fun to compare the confident account in the text with what's happening in the pictures.

For visual discovery, familiar read-alouds, and lap reading.

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Publication history & sources

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Publication record for Just Me and My Dad

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