Anthony Brown called "genius." Because every child who has seen his "My Dad" created will like such a father, and he also hopes to have such a father. Every father who has seen these two "my daddies" will like this father and hope he can become Such a father; every seen "my dad" mom will like this father, but also hope that a "my dad" such a gentleman. This is what the British Women’s World has praised - “Parents and children all over the world will love it.”
In 2000, Anthony Brown won the highest honor of creators of picture books - International Andersen Award.


"My dad" can be said to be the author's gift to all fathers, but it seems to Anthony Brown's life, this picture book also has to commemorate his father's meaning. Anthony Brown once said: "My father is a very special person, strong appearance, confident, but there are shy, sensitive side, a little like I love painting gorillas. In addition to teaching me to draw, he encouraged I do all sorts of sports like football, soccer and cricket ... "The tall, strong father in his eyes was hit hard by the sudden death of Anthony Brown at the age of seventeen Years out of the haze. Anthony Brown said the father's body in his father's "daddy" baggy nightgown, pajamas and shoes are his father's clothing, for many years received in the box, still above the father's taste. The plaid pattern on the robe was not only seen on Dad's body, but even on the title page and the toast. Perhaps, in the eyes of Anthony Brown, the father's presence everywhere!