![]() As he grew up and became an educator, he decided he wanted to address the pain created by the separation from the child’s point of view. But his dad was incarcerated when the author was three. Particularly effective is the picture that shows the smaller versions of the boy inside the grown-up man, putting on his tie.ĭiscussion: At the end of the book, an Author’s Note explains that Beaty’s father was originally his principal caregiver, and they played the Knock Knock game every morning. Using watercolor and collage, Collier brings Harlem to life, and conveys love in every one of his panels. I loved his use of the dad’s tie throughout the book to show graphically the way in which the dad stayed with the boy throughout his life. Illustrator Bryan Collier is outstanding as usual in depicting emotions in his faces and in his ability to confer a sense of place. ![]() KNOCK KNOCK to open new doors to your dreams.īy the end of the book, the boy is grown, and we can see that his father is still with him, on the inside. ![]() KNOCK KNOCK down the doors that I could not. “No longer will I be there to knock on your door, His dad says he is sorry he will not be coming home, but leaves him some lessons: One day the boy comes home from school to find a tie from his father and a letter. “Papa,” he says, “come home, ‘cause I want to be just like you, but I’m forgetting who you are.’” He is especially worried that his father won’t be there to teach him what he needs to know to be a man. The boy misses his father terribly, and writes him a letter telling him all the things he misses. But one day Papa stops coming, “and morning after morning he never comes.” The boy pretends to be asleep and then jumps into his father’s arms when the dad comes up to his bed. Every morning, a young boy waits for his father to go KNOCK KNOCK on his bedroom door. ![]()
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