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All Children Reading - Cambodia - Author
Originally published by The Asia Foundation - Let’s Read.
Brought to you by Let’s Read is a program of The Asia Foundation that supports early reading skills and habits to develop our next generation of critical thinkers and creative innovators in Asia and the Pacific. To read more books like this and get further information about this book, visit: letsreadasia.org. 14 Original Story What is Daddy Doing?. Author: All Children Reading - Cambodia. Illustrator: Yam Luy Chhuy. Published by The Asia Foundation - Let’s Read, © The Asia Foundation - Let’s Read. Released under CC-BY-4.0. This work is a modified version of the original story. © The Asia Foundation, 2020. Some rights reserved. Released under CC-BY-4.0. For full terms of use and attribution, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Contributing translators: Brendan Boland and Chheang Chansomey
author: All Children Reading - Cambodia. illustrator: Yam Luy Chhuy. translator: Brendan Boland, Chheang Chansomey. publisher: The Asia Foundation - Let’s Read.
Cover resized and converted to WebP; story unchanged. Suitabook’s guidance is a separate analysis.
Original Book on Let’s Read: What is Daddy Doing? (opens in a new tab)A brief, patterned story about household work: first Daddy does several chores, then Mommy works alongside him. The closing message includes the children helping their parents.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceHow the book presents it: The story explicitly presents mutual help between the parents as a positive family practice.
Talk about: What might change when family members share a job?
How the book presents it: The ending encourages children to think of helping as part of family life.
Talk about: If you help at home, what kind of task feels right for you?
The repeated questions invite children to name actions and follow the pattern. The ending offers a straightforward starting point for talking about how family members share tasks.
The story presents children helping with housework as part of family life. It does not say which tasks children do, or distinguish tasks by age or ability.
Which jobs do you think are easier when two people help? Are there household tasks you would enjoy doing together?
Use the repeated “What is…doing? ” lines to pause and let your child identify each action from the picture before reading the answer. At the end, invite them to name a helpful task they choose.
Theme indicators describe how the book presents a topic; they are not a verdict on the whole book or your family's values. Confidence reflects how much book-specific material was checked. The complete text and illustrations were available for this guide.
lets-read — What is Daddy Doing?
Complete story and illustrations
Checked: 8 October 2026.
Relevant to: Sharing household work; Children helping at home
Benefits, discussion questions and reading approaches are suggestions. Your knowledge of your child remains part of the decision.
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