Editorial Review

Éric Veillé celebrates the father-son bond by presenting a stylized lion and his cub performing similar actions in “Lionel Is Just Like Dad,” a board book for babies and toddlers. “Dad combs his hair. So does Lionel,” we read in text translated from the French by Daniel Hahn. “Dad scratches an itch. So does Lionel.” This mirror game eventually gets a little out of hand when a heavy shoe goes flying through the air and Dad loses his cool. Lionel is still watching though, still copying his father’s actions—so it’s all the more meaningful when the dad shows his son how to cheer up and bounce back after something goes awry.