One more year we celebrate Father's Day March 19th. And one more year I choose one selection of 6 titles for young and old, fathers and not fathers, mothers and children about them. As protagonists in the first or third person. About their worries, concerns, teachings, feelings or simple illustrated samples of how and what they can be. A minimum reflection of as many as they are and each one so different.

You're going to be a dad - Mario Guindel

Guindel studied editorial design in the National Calcography (Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando) and completed his training in publishing. He is a father and in recent years he has written and edited several books on child disclosure.

In this we find everything to know about pregnancy, from the nerves, doubts and fears of the future mother to the steps to take at all times. Also lots of helpful medical information, practical decisions, and lots of other ideas to help parents.

Daddy's hands - Emile Jadoul

Émile Jadoul is a Belgian writer and illustrator 54 years old with a wide and varied children's book collection published and translated into different languages.

This is recommended for children of the house from 0 to 3 years. It hardly contains more than a couple of sentences and some onomatopoeia. It is a simple but emotional book that shows us the first months of a baby's life from the perspective of his father's hands. These accompany him in the important moments of his development. They are hands that care, protect, caress, hug and transmit security and love.

Unfaithful father - Antonio Scurati

Scurati is a writer napolitano born in 1969. He also teaches literature and writing classes at the IULM University of Milan where he coordinates the Center for Studies on the Language of War and Violence. Write articles in The print and he is the author of a ten books, among which the novels stand out The muffled rumor of battle o A romantic story. He has also been awarded several times and this title was a finalist for the 2014 Strega Award.

It portrays the sentimental education of an entire generation. Read very easily and he tells by way of confidence what happens in a couple when one day the woman utters a phrase: "Maybe I don't like men." It is then that the narrator, Glauco revelli - famous chef, forty years old and father of a daughter of three - begins to see what his life is really like. While recounting his life experiences, Revelli also reflects on the changes of roles and values that have occurred in our society with the turn of the century.

A gift that you did not expect - Daniel Glattauer

This writer was born in Vienna in 1960. Since 1989 he has collaborated for the Austrian newspaper The basic. He has written several novels and article books. His novel Against the North wind was a finalist for the prestigious German Book Prize and became a bestseller.

In this the life of Gerold plassek which is based on three principles: get tired as little as possible, stay in the shade and have a comfortable routine. He works in a free newspaper, where he takes care of the local chronicles. The rest of the time he spends in Zoltan, the bar below his house, which has almost become his own living room.

But then his life takes a radical turn when an old girlfriend reappears to ask him to take care of Manuel, his fourteen-year-old son who also confesses that he is the father. The boy begins to spend the afternoons in Gerold's office, who pretends to do something important. Everything changes when, after the publication of an article about a homeless shelter, this receives a anonymous donation. It will be the first in a series of Good actions that put the protagonist in the spotlight. The boy begins to discover that his father may be an interesting man.

She's going to have a baby and I'm having a nervous breakdown! - James Douglas Barron

This title is the first of a series that started in 1998, so it can also be found in pocket. Its fundamental point is to count everything a man should know and do when his wife is pregnant. It is focused on future new parents and based on their experience and that of friends, family and acquaintances. All with a humorous tone.

Its structure is small numbered paragraphs, 237 specifically, the largest of a page and the smallest of a single line. They are headed by a title and a development that includes a description of the situation, the reasons why you will find yourself in it and advice on how to act and why. His light wording makes it a very easy reading, ideal for reading in moments.

The life of an overwhelmed father - Iñaki Echeverría

Echeverría is a Argentine illustrator and graphic humorist. He also collaborates in different publishing houses and in Argentine and foreign graphic media.

And this overwhelmed father is the protagonist of these comic strips, an architect turned freelance illustrator and specialist in baby bottles, costumes and tricycle routes through the park. He is telling us about a lot of sleep and a lot of humor.to life with his two daughters, two girls who ask him and question everything at the same time. And yes, he loves them and they make him very happy, but they also put him in a lot of trouble that he can get out of.