A coroner has returned a verdict of medical misadventure at the inquest into the death of a nine-month baby with a congenital heart condition.

My Dad by Steve Smallman, illustrated by Sean Julian (Little Tiger; €13.03 HB) is narrated in fun rhyming couplets by a small bear who lists the wonderful things that other fathers can do — cooking, reading a book, putting up a tent — all of which defeat his dad.