In Mandarin, we call fathers bàbà (爸爸). Since eight is bā (八) and August 8th bā-bā resembles bàbà in pronunciation, people in Taiwan celebrate today as Father’s Day instead of the third Sunday of June as observed in many countries, including the US and the UK.
Let’s celebrate Father’s Day by talking about five cool dads in great books! Somehow, I cannot find eight (bā) great dads, so it’s just five.