Hating when he has to attend birthday parties where his father performs as a clown, a boy is surprised and unexpectedly saddened by his father’s decision to return to his former job as a lawyer. By the award-winning author of A Cage Went in Search of a Bird. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
The boy in this story never wants to go to his friends’ birthday parties, because Happy the Clown is always there. And Happy is … his dad.He wishes his dad had a regular job, like all the other kids’ parents. He didn’t mind his dad being a clown when he was a little kid, but now it’s just embarrassing. And even worse, since business is slow, his dad is putting a sign on the front lawn advertising his clown services!But one night at dinner Dad announces that he’s going back to his old job of being a lawyer. “You were a lawyer?” the boy asks, incredulous.Now his dad wears a suit and tie to work, the family can buy a new car, his mom can take piano lessons, and he can have a skateboard and cellphone.But something feels different. The boy wonders if his dad misses being a clown. Or is he the one who misses Happy?With bittersweet humor, Cary Fagan brings us a story about a boy’s growing consciousness and a father’s realization that he can be himself.
In this hilarious and charming story, a boy wishes his dad had a regular job instead of being Happy the Clown — but when his dad announces he is going back to his old job of being a lawyer, the boy soon realizes that he misses Happy!