I wish I had a father.

But my father went away . . .

The author of many beautiful and poetic books now gives us the story of a small boy who tries to imagine what his father would be like.

"The loving x-ray Zolotow eye" sees into the heart of a boy who wants the kind of father every child desires. Ben Shecter's illustrations complete the warm and loving picture of a child's ideal family.

From the dust jacket