Sam Usher

May 31, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Sam Usher |Jimmy Fallon |Miguel Ordóñez |Kevin Jonas

Plotless and pointless, the book clearly exists only because its celebrity author wrote it. A succession of animal dads do their best to teach their young to say “Dada” in this picture-book vehicle for Fallon. A grumpy bull says, “DADA!”; his calf moos back. A sad-looking ram insists, “DADA!”; his lamb baas back. A duck, a bee, a dog, a rabbit, a cat, a mouse, a donkey, a pig, a frog, a rooster, and a horse all fail similarly, spread by spread.